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eyales Conducted by Mr. O. Bernet and Mr. Hl. H. Parke 


AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION : INC. 
MANAGERS 


CONDITIONS OF SALE 


I. REJECTION OF BIDS: Any bid which is not commensurate with 
the value of the article offered, or which is merely a nominal or fractional 
advance, may be rejected by the auctioneer if in his judgment such bid would 
be likely to affect the sale injuriously. 


Il. THE BUYER: The highest bidder shall be the buyer, and if any 
dispute arises between two or more bidders, the auctioneer shall either decide 
the same or put up for re-sale the lot so in dispute. 


III. IDENTIFICATION AND DEPOSIT BY BUYER: The name of the 
buyer of each lot shall be given immediately on the sale thereof, and when so 
required, each buyer shall sign a card giving the lot number, amount for 
which sold, and his or her name and address. 

A deposit at the actual time of the sale shall be made of all or such part 
of the purchase prices as may be required. 

If the two foregoing conditions are not complied with, the lot or lots so 
purchased may at the option of the auctioneer be put up again and re-sold. 


IV. RISK AFTER PURCHASE: Title passes upon the fall of the 
auctioneers hammer, and thereafter the property is at the purchaser’s risk, 
and neither the consignor nor the Association is responsible for the loss of, 
or any damage to any article by theft, fire, breakage, however occasioned, or 
any other cause whatsoever. 


V. DELIVERY OF PURCHASES: Delivery of any purchases will be 
made only upon payment of the total amount due for all purchases at the sale. 


VI. RECEIPTED BILLS: Goods will only be delivered on presentation 
of a receipted bill. A receipted bill presented by any person will be recog- 
nized and honored as an order by the buyer, directing the delivery to the 
bearer of the goods described thereon. If a receipted bill is lost before 
delivery of the property has been taken, the buyer should immediately notify 
the Association of such loss, 


VII. STORAGE IN DEFAULT OF PROMPT PAYMENT AND 
CALLING FOR GOODS: Articles not paid for in full and not called for by 
the purchaser or agent by noon of the day following that of the sale may 
be turned over by the Association to some carter to be carried to and stored 
in some warehouse until the time of the delivery therefrom to the pur- 
chaser, and the cost of such cartage and storage and any other charges will 
be charged against the purchaser and the risk of loss or damage occasioned 
by such removal or storage will be upon the purchaser. 

In any instance where the purchase bill has not been paid in full by 
noon of the day following that of the sale, the Association and the auctioneer 
reserve the right, any other stipulation in these conditions of sale notwith- 
standing, in respect to any or all lots included in the purchase bill, at its or 
his option, either to cancel the sale thereof or to re-sell the same at public 
or private sale without further notice for the account of the buyer and to 
hold the buyer responsible for any deficiency and all losses and expenses sus- 
tained in so doing. 


VIII. SHIPPING: Shipping, boxing or wrapping of purchases is a busi- 
ness in which the Association is in no wise engaged, but the Association will, 


however, afford to purchasers every facility for employing at current and 
reasonable rates carriers and packers; doing so, however, without any assump- 
tion of responsibility on its part for the acts and charges of the parties engaged 
for such service. 


IX. GUARANTY: The Association exercises great care to catalogue 
every lot correctly and endeavors therein and also at the actual time of sale 
to point out any error, defect or imperfection, but guaranty is not made either 
by the owner or the Association of the correctness of the description, genu- 
ineness, authenticity or condition of any lot and no sale will be set aside on 
account of any incorrectness, error of cataloguing or imperfection not noted 
or pointed out. Every lot is sold ‘“‘as is” and without recourse. 

Every lot is on public exhibition one or more days prior to its sale, and 
the Association will give consideration to the opinion of any trustworthy expert 
to the effect that any lot has been incorrectly catalogued and in its judg- 
ment may thereafter sell the lot as catalogued or make mention of the opinion 
of such expert, who thereby will become responsible for such damage as might 
result were his opinion without foundation. 


X. RECORDS: The records of the auctioneer and the Association are 
in all cases to be considered final and the highest bid shall in all cases be 
accepted by both buyer and seller as the value against which all claims for 
losses or damage shall lie. 


XI. BUYING ON ORDER: Buying or bidding by the Association for 
responsible parties on orders transmitted to it by mail, telegraph, or tele- 
phone, if conditions permit, will be faithfully attended to without charge or 
commission. Any purchases so made will be subject to the foregoing condi- 
tions of sale, except that, in the event of a purchase of a lot-of one or more 
books by or for a purchaser who has not through himself or his agent been 
present at the exhibition or sale, the Association will permit such lot to be 
returned within ten days from the date of sale, and the purchase money will 
be refunded, if the lot differs from its catalogue description. 

Orders for execution by the Association should be given with such clear- 
“ness as to leave no room for misunderstanding. Not only should the lot num- 
ber be given, but also the title, and bids should be stated to be so much for 
the lot, and when the lot consists of one or more volumes of books or objects 
of art, the bid per volume or piece should also be stated. If the one trans- 
mitting the order is unknown to the Association, a deposit must be sent or 
reference submitted. Shipping directions should also be given. 


PRICED CATALOGUES: Priced copies of the catalogue, or any session 
thereof, will be furnished by the Association at charges commensurate with 
the duties involved in copying the necessary information from the records of 
the Association. 

These conditions of sale cannot be altered except by the auctioneer or 
by an officer of the Association. 


AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, Ine. 


OTTO BERNET MAanaceERs 
HIRAM H. PARKE 
AUCTIONEERS 


Mee! ONY UNG, COMCEC ETION, OF 
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ON-YING & COMPANY offer at unrestricted public sale 

a diversified collection of art objects of Chinese production 

which it is a joy to survey. In it are comprised smaller 

groups of objects that would dignify the cabinets of a 

private collector. Not least among them both in interest 
and importance are some of the latest exportations of treasures from 
the imperial palaces and homes, glyptic productions in jade, amber, 
ivory and other substances that were prized by their imperial owners 
and apportioned among members of the family upon the Republican 
overturn, as well as objects of the fictile arts of which the Chinese are 
past masters, dressed in glowing and mystic glazes of entrancing color. 
Like some Occidental potentates, scions of Celestial imperialism have 
had recourse to the banks and have deposited glittering collateral of 
intrinsic value, upon which banks in their turn have been obliged to 
realize. ‘he collection was assembled by Mr. C. F. Yau, president 
of Ton-Ying & Company, on a personal visit to China. 

The unusually large ivory carving illustrated in color bears the 
imperial seal of Ch’ien-lung, amber vases and ornaments come from 
the halls of the same illustrious collector, ceramic productions bear the 
seals of earlier rulers, and among a few paintings by Sung artists is 
one bearing two seals of the Emperor Hui Tsung, one his personal seal 
and the other that of his reign, the monarch who established the Im- 
perial Academy of Calligraphy and Painting. ‘The artist was a mem- 
ber of the Academy. 

Early imperial seals of jade, more carvings in pure white and 
fei-ts’ui jade of high artistic beauty — including rare fei-ts’ui jade 
of blue and mauve tones—large amber globes borne on the backs of 
elephants which are fine examples of the silversmith’s art, and inlaid 
bronzes add to the diversity of the collection, which includes a consider- 
able number of remarkably fine snuff bottles. 

The porcelains include a bowl bearing the Hstian Té mark, which 
experts believe actually to date from that early Ming reign, as well as 
the more often seen monochromes and pieces in many colors, besides a 


group of Yin Ching or “Shadow Blue” porcelains, a glaze not familiar 
in American collections, having been found in a Sung city not long ago 
excavated. Unlike the names of some glazes commonly applied to cer- 
amics, this name was not given by foreigners, but is the name by which 
the glaze was called in the Sung period, when it was first achieved— 
thereafter trace of it having vanished. Ancient potteries also appear. 

A few enamels, corals, malachite carvings and lacquers are also 
included, among them an interesting commemorative vase in lacquer 
dating from the twenty-fifth year of K’ang-hsi. 


Dana H. CARROL 
New York, December, 1925 


FIRST SESSION 


Piven Yr ANUARY 29, 1926, Al a:158P M. 
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Catalogue Numbers 1 to 193 inclusive 


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Snuff Bottles of Jade, Ivory, Crystal, Enamel, 
Porcelain and Various Hard Stones 


1. TURQUOISE SNUFF BOTTLE 


Flask shape, in the natural turquoise of 
slightly greenish-blue tone, carved in un- 
dercut relief in the classical design of 
squirrels among the grapes. 


(Illustrated ) 


2. TuRQUOISE SNUFF BOTTLE 


Flask shape, in the natural turquoise of 
delicate and typical fair blue tone, with 
relief ornamentation of squirrels among 
the grapes. 


(Illustrated ) 


Pair FEr-rs’ur JADE SNUFF BOTTLES 
Flattened flask shape. With broad strata of pure emerald green 
crossing a ground of rich white, the whole brilliantly polished. 


(Illustrated ) 


AMETHYST SNUFF BOTTLE 


Small flask shape. Rich and brilliant purple amethyst, above a 
crystal-white base, with relief carving of a lizard-dragon and 
fungus branches. Brilliant polish. 


(Illustrated ) 


Rep LAcQuER SNUFF BOTTLE Ch’ien-lung 


Inverted pear shape, flattened. Cavo-rilievo carving of boys at 
play, a demon among them. 


(Illustrated ) 


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No. 2. “TURQUOISE SNUFF BOTTLE 


No. 3. Pair FEr-Ts’ur JADE SNUFF BOTTLES 
No. 4. AMETHYST SNUFF BOTTLE 
No. 5. Rep Lacquer SNUFF BOTTLE 


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PEKING ENAMEL SNUFF BOTTLE Clv’ien-lung 
Ovoidal, enameled with waterside landscapes, a sampan included 
on one face, in oval panels within a flowery ground. Four-char- 
acter mark. 


(Illustrated ) 


CoRAL SNUFF BOTTLE 
Flattened flask shape, carved in relief with the figure of a female 
immortal, and a phoenix among peonies. Pink coral brightly 
polished. 

(Illustrated ) 


CoRAL SNUFF BOTTLE 
In the form of an ovoidal vase, flattened, borne upon the back 
of a squatting rooster. Deep pink coral brightly polished. 


Height, 3 inches. 


(Illustrated ) 


Rep JADEITE SNUFF BOTTLE Clv’ien-lung 
Sometimes called red fei-ts’ui jade. Globular jar shape, flat- 
tened; the bulk of the substance colored by ferrous infiltration 
a rich reddish-russet hue, a small area remaining in the original 
white. 

(Illustrated ) 


AMETHYST SNUFF BOTTLE 
Flask shape, in crystal-white, with two boys mounting ae sides, 
carved in the purple amethyst. 


(Illustrated ) 


PEKING ENAMEL SNUFF BOTTLE Yung Chéng 


Pear shape, enameled in rich polychrome with imperial dragons 
among conventional clouds, on a brilliant yellow ground. Four- 
character mark of the reign. 


(Illustrated ) 


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PEKING ENAMEL, CORAL, RED JADEITE, AND AMETHYST SNUFF 
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PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE Cl’ ien-lung 
In the form of a Dog Fu on its haunches, clutching a cub to its 
breast. Glazed in brilliant blue, white, red, green and brown. 


(Illustrated ) 


MALACHITE SNUFF BOTTLE 


Flattened flask shape, with finely carved relief decoration of squir- 
rels among the grapes. Richly colored malachite, brilliantly pol- 
ished. 

(Illustrated ) 


Rost TOURMALINE SNUFF BOTTLE 


Ovoidal, with decoration carved in high relief and undercut pic- 
turing on one side the spotted stag, on the other the phoenix and 
the tree peony, and on the shoulders two small birds. Beautiful 
and delicate purple-rose hue, and brilliant polish. 


(Illustrated ) 


PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE Cl ien-lung 


In form of a standing figure, the costume glazed in deep red, 
yellowish-green, pale blue and aubergine. 


(Illustrated ) 


GREEN JADE SNUFF BOTTLE ‘ 
Ovoidal with full body and neck. Spinach-green jade boldly 
carved in relief with a traveler mounted on a led ass, a sage and 
attendant in the mountains, and a man propelling a boat through 
waves. 


(Illustrated ) 


AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 


Flask shape, in yellowish translucent agate, with a grasshopper 
carved in relief in a layer of green on one face, the reverse ex- 
hibiting an inscription finely executed in palpable relief. 


(Illustrated ) 


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PoRCELAIN, MALACHITE, ROSE ‘TOURMALINE, GREEN JADE 
AND AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES 


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TWIN SNUFF BOTTLES 


Red coral brightly polished, and carved in the form of twin fig- 
ures standing on the back of the three-legged toad. 


(Illustrated ) 


CARNELIAN AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 


Tapering flask shape, carved in relief with figures under trees. 
in carnelian on an opaque white ground. 


(J]lustrated ) 


BLAcK CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE 


Seated figure, with hands clasped about some object held before 
the breast. The face and head partly in black crystal and partly 
in white. : 


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‘TTOURMALINE SNUFF BOTTLE 


Brilliant stone, of vague hue and bright polish, carved in bold 
relief with figures of archaic lizard dragons. 


Two AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES 


One of opalescent agate, carved in relief with figures, plants and 
plum trees. One of translucent grayish agate, with a grass- 
hopper carved in an adjacent vein of rich green on the obverse. 


MALACHITE SNUFF BOTTLE 


Carved in form of a cicada, in finely colored malachite with 
rich dark mottling and smooth polish. 


AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 


Ovoidal and flattened, of grayish-brown agate, with decoration 
of sages and attendants carved in relief in encompassing layers 
of bluish or opalescent agate. At one side the spotted stag. 


AGATE Iwin SNUFF BOTTLES 


Carved as the twin-fish emblem of good augury, in rich green 
agate brightly polished, the scales incised, the eyes inlaid. 
Height, 3 inches. 


Two FEI-Ts’u1 JADE SNUFF BOTTLES 


One ovoidal, one globular, both flattened; fei-ts’ui jade with del- 
icate green mottling, carved in light relief, one with a lotus pond 
in blossom, the other with the spotted stag, the phoenix, the 
sacred fungus and pine trees. 


Two FEI-Ts’ul JADE SNUFF BOTTLES 


One inverted pear shape, flattened, the other ovoidal; both 
broadly mottled in greenish tones and very brightly polished. 


Two SNUFF BOTTLES 


One of amethyst, carved as a pomegranate, resting within 
branches on which birds are perched. One of carnelian agate, 
carved in relief with graceful female figures. 


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TOURMALINE SNUFF BOTTLE 


Brilliant stone of greenish hue and iridescent, carved in relief 
with chrysanthemums and pomegranates. 


CrysTAL SNUFF BOTTLE 


Hexagonal, carved in light relief in lotus design, the leaves on 
one face of greenish tone. 


BLUE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE WITH CARVED Woop STAND 


An oviform jar, flattened, resting within the shelter of pine trees 
carved in undercut relief, the cover or stopper in similar motive. 
On one side a fisherman carrying his basket and followed by an 
attendant, carved in relief. 


CARNELIAN AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 


An ovoidal jar within the embrace of pine trees, carved in under- 
cut relief, the stone highly polished and exhibiting brilliant areas 
of rich carnelian hue. 


Two AMETHYST SNUFF BOTTLES 


Ovoid, boldly carved in relief, one with birds and blossoms, one 
with birds and fruits. 


MALACHITE SNUFF BOTTLE 


Flattened flask shape with high shoulder. Beautifully marked 
malachite, with a large area of rich black, and highly polished. 
Finely carved in relief in the motive of squirrels and grapes. 


PEKING ENAMEL SNUFF BOTTLE witH CARVED Woop STAND 

Cl’ ien-lung 
Pilgrim-bottle form; on each face a medallion with European 
figures in delicate polychrome on a cream-white ground, set within 
a floral diaper in red and black on light blue. 


Ivory SNUFF BOTTLE 


Carved in the form of a most naturalistic ear of corn; ‘“‘autumnal” 
patina. 


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AMETHYST SNUFF BOTTLE 
Ovoidal jar form; carved in high relief with the figure of a 
lady standing in a floral bower and surrounded by birds. 


TOURMALINE SNUFF BOTTLE 


Ovoidal expanding toward the high shoulder; brilliant stone and 
clear, carved in relief with the forms of archaic dragons. 


Two AMETHYST SNUFF BOTTLES 


Ovoid, carved in bold relief one with the New Year motive of 
plum and bamboo, the other with a gourd vine in bearing. 


FEI-Ts’uI JADE SNUFF BOTTLE 

Flattened globular-jar form, of finely marked opaque fei-ts’ui 
jade, brightly polished, covered on all sides with bas-relief carv- 
ings of Taoist lore. 


GREEN AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 

Oval, flattened; carved in low relief with an aged figure under 
a pine tree where girls gather. Grayish translucent agate with 
areas of soft green. 


Two AMBER SNUFF BOTTLES 


One of generous oviform; rich brown agate with a dull golden 
translucence and brightly polished. One of flattened globular- 
jar form, of dark brown agate variously clouded. 


YELLOW QuarTz SNUFF BOTTLE 
Inverted pear shape, flattened, with high shoulder. High relief 
carving of pine trees and birds on all sides. 


YELLOW CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE 

Clear crystal of pale yellow tone, with a spot of brilliant iri- 
descence, the bottle proper of inverted pear shape, enclosed 
within pine trees carved in undercut relief, and sheltering two 
figures. 


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AMETHYST SNUFF BOTTLE 


Miniature jar form, of rich purple amethyst brilliantly polished, 
carved in relief with birds and the wild plum tree. 


AMETHYST SNUFF BOTTLE 


Chunky jar form, carved in bold relief with fruit trees in blos- 
som. 


PuRPLE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 


Ovoid, carved in bold relief with a bird and a blossoming plum 
tree. 


PuRPLE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 
Similar to the preceding. 


CARNELIAN AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 


Flattened inverted pear shape, carved in fine relief with boys 
at play and birds in peach trees in fruit. Rich color and brilliant 
polish. 


BLruE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 


Full bodied flask shape, of bluish opalescent agate, carved in 
high relief in lotus motive highly conventionalized. 


AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 


Elliptical and flattened; foggy agate with russet and black mot- 
tling, carved in bas-relief with a traveler and attendant under 
pine trees. Bright polish. 


CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE 


High-shouldered flattened-flask shape. ‘Translucent clouded crys- 
tal of amethystine tone and brilliant polish. 


PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE Tao Kuang 


In the form of a male figure, standing, with head inclined and 
bearing on his shoulders a vase. Glazed in black, green, pink 
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AMETHYST SNUFF BOTTLE 
Inverted pear shape, finely carved in designs of the phoenix and 


peony and the sacred fungus, in bas-relief. Translucence of 
delicate violet-purple tint. 


RARE Topaz SNUFF BOTTLE 


Clear hard stone of delicate yellowish tint and most brilliant pol- 
ish, fashioned as a flattened bamboo trunk of irregular curvature, 
and carved in bold relief with leaves of the bamboo, plum blos- 
soms, and lotus blossoms, and with the figure of an aquatic bird. 
Pink tourmaline bamboo stopper. 


YELLOW QUARTZ SNUFF BOTTLE 


Ovoidal and flattened, expanding gently from the base, with 
mounded stopper of the same stone. Bold relief carving of birds, 
rocks and pine trees, with details variously incised. 


AMETHYST SNUFF BOTTLE 


Ovoidal and flattened, expanding from a delicate foot; dome 
stopper of same material. Delicate translucent purple amethyst, 
with bright polish, carved in relief with crested birds and shrub- 
bery, above rocks. 


Topaz SNUFF BOTTLE 

Smoky topaz of brilliant polish and quality, fashioned in shape 
of a melon, with carved relief ornamentation of leaves and ten- 
drils, and areas of iridescence. 


TURQUOISE SNUFF BOTTLE 

Ovoidal with short foot. Delicate turquoise of pure light bleu- 
de-ciel hue, carved in relief with squirrels among bearing grape- 
vines. 


AMBER SNUFF BOTTLE 

Oval, slender and elongated, with molded foot and well modeled 
neck. Clear translucent brown amber, carved in effective relief 
with a composition of somnolent sages and a boy attendant in 
a pine grove. 


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Fer-Ts’u1 JADE SNUFF BOTTLE 

Ovoidal urn-shape, with two shoulder-handles in relief, and an 
expanding perforated foot. Brilliantly polished white jade with 
fine emerald-green mottling, a rare piece. 


PEKING ENAMEL SNUFF BOTTLE Cl’ ien-lung 


Elongated ovoidal form, flattened, enameled in a fine and soft 
canary-yellow and ornamented in delicate colors with phoenixes 
and peonies, mandarin ducks and other birds and flowers. 


Ornaments, Vases, Statuettes, Incense Burners, 


in Rose Quartz, Lapis-Lazuh, Amber, Aquamarine, 


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Jade and Malachite and Carnelian 


AMETHYST STATUETTE 

A squat female figure bearing a large conventionalized lotus 
branch over her left shoulder, the head in brilliant blackish-pur- 
ple, the remainder of the figure shading off to water-white. Has 
stand. 


FEI-Ts’ul JADE ORNAMENT 


Carved figure of a frog, in bland tones of brightly polished fe7- 
ts’ui jade. 


TOPAZ STATUETTE 
A Taoist figure reclining at ease in a rustic boat, holding a pome- 
granate in his hands, branches of the peach tree of immortality 
rising from the prow and bending over his head. Has stand. 
Length, 4 inches. 

Fer-tTs’ur JADE STATUETTE 
Standing figure, left hand raised to support a branch or streamer 
crossing the shoulders. In translucent fei-ts’ui jade of delicate 
ereenish tint. Has stand. 

Height, 3% inches 


AMETHYST VASE WITH COVER 

An ovoidal vase with bulging sides, issuing from rocks and waves 
and enclosed within the undercut limbs of pine trees. On the 
sides a fisherman and other figures carved in relief. Dome cover 


surmounted by birds in the tops of branches. 
Height, 4% inches. 


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AMETHYST BrrD GROUP 


A squatting quail with a young one beside it, in richly colored 
amethyst brightly polished. Has stand. 


Height, 3% inches. 


AMETHYST STATUETTE 
Seated figure of Ho-shang, with arms embracing his protuberant 
belly, in amethyst of delicate coloring and brightly polished. Has 


stand. 
Height, 3 inches. 


AMETHYST STATUARY GROUP 


Standing figure of the hermit Liu Han, riding on the back of his 
familiar the three-legged toad. Carved in amethyst and matrix 
of rich hues, and brightly polished. Has stand. 


Height, 5% inches. 


Pair ANIMAL STATUETTES IN ROSE QUARTZ 


Standing elephants, one with trunk curled to its left, the other 
with trunk curling to its right, in translucent rose quartz of del- 
icate tones. Have stands. 

Length, 3% inches. 


AMETHYST ORNAMENT ON CARVED Woop STAND 


A group of pomegranates, peaches and birds, carved in amethyst 
ranging from the white to rich color, and brilliantly polished. 
Height, 4 inches. 


BATRACHIAN STATUETTE IN AMETHYST ON CARVED Woop 
STAND 


An ample figure of the three-legged toad, with all its warts care- 
fully modeled, in deep-toned amethyst and matrix, smoothly 
polished. 


Length, 5% inches. 


LaPIS-LAZULI QUADRILATERAL VASE WITH COVER 

Rising with a slight expansion from a pedestal-foot to an abrupt 
shoulder, with contracting and incurvate neck; dome cover with 
knob finial. Ornamentation incised and in relief, after the mo- 
tives of ancient bronzes, including archaic dragons, the ogre 
features and palmettes. Two scrolled handles. Has carved and 


pierced stand. 
Height, 5% inches. 


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VerY FINE LAPIs-LAZULI STATUETTE WITH Carved Woop 
STAND 

Standing figure of Kuan-yin with high headdress and cowl, the 

phoenix standing at her back and a boy attendant in front of 


her. In lapis-lazuli of fine coloring and smooth polish. 
Height, 734 inches. 


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TOURMALINE AND AMETHYST STATUARY GROUP WITH WoopEN 
STAND 


A fascinating and unusual sculpture, in natural stone, or crystal, 
comprising a female immortal, doubtless one of the infinitely 
varied forms of Kuan-yin, carved in green tourmaline or aqua- 
marine, standing in a swaying attitude beside a tree bearing the 
peaches of immortality, which is carved in an adjacent mass of 
amethyst. The figure may represent Hsi Wang Mu, the fairy 
mother of the West, in whose realms the fabled peaches grew. 

Ileight, 8 inches. 


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Rose. QUARTZ STATUETTE 


Standing figure of Kuan-yin in graceful robes, wearing a massive 
topknot but without cowl, supporting a lotus bud at her left 
shoulder. Delicate tone and brilliant polish. Has stand. 


Height, 10% inches. 


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BLuE AGATE STATUARY GROUP 
Graceful figure of a female immortal posed upon the back of a 
lion, an attendant with a fly whisk at her feet. In bluish opal- 


escent agate bright polished. Has stand. 
Height, 634 inches. 


Rose Quartz INCENSE BURNER WITH COVER 

Cauldron shape on three monster-head feet; two dragon loop 
and loose-ring handles. Bell shaped cover with peony blossom 
finial and three fungus loop and loose-ring handles. Relief orna- 
mentation in the ancient gluttonous-ogre motives. Fine rose tone 
and brilliant polish. Has stand. 


534 inches. 


Rost Quartz INCENSE BURNER WITH COVER 


Similar to the preceding. Has stand. 
Height, 6 inches. 


AMETHYST VASE WITH COVER 


A colorful and spectacular ornament with an elaborate and de- 
tailed decoration. The vase, of ovoidal form, flattened, with 
broad shoulder and incurvate neck, issues from a base of rocks 
and waves; for handles it has three-legged toads carved in high 
relief, and a third toad surmounts the dome cover. In undercut 
relief on one face of the vase is a phoenix facing a peony flower, 
and on the opposite face two mandarin ducks appear among lotus 
plants. Richly colored amethyst, with matrix of varying tones, 
including areas of carnelian. Has finely carved wood stand. 
Height, 734 inches. 


BLUE AGATE VASE WITH COVER 

Large pear shape with dome cover surmounted by a bird holding 
in its bill a pine branch carved in undercut relief. [he vase 
rests on rockery on which stand a stork and spotted stags, and 
is embraced by the branches of pine trees carved in high relief 
and undercut. Brilliant bluish opalescent agate, with grayish, 
brown and white areas. Has elaborately carved and perforated 


wooden stand, on four ju-i feet. 
Height, 8% inches. 


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BLUE JADEITE VASE WITH COVER Cl’ien-lung 
Stone of the same consistency as fe7-ts’ui jade and sometimes 
called “blue fei-ts’ui.”’ A rich and varied mottled slate blue. 
Ovoidal and flattened, rising from a pedestal-foot, with two fun- 
gus loop and loose-ring handles, and a dome cover surmounted 
by an aggressive Fu. On the cover a ju-i border in relief, and 
surrounding the body of the vase a relief band carved with the 
ancient ogre features. Has carved stand inlaid with silver wire. 

Height, 1134 inches 


(Illustrated ) 


ParR AMETHYST PHOENIXES WITH STANDS 

Perched on rocks, one with its left foot raised to a prominence 
of the rock, the other with its right foot similarly elevated. 
Both have turned their heads toward their backs. The amethyst 
exhibits rich, deep tones, and the lhghter ones, under a mirror 
polish. Plumage carved in relief and incised. 


(I]lustrated ) 


Height, 9% inches. 


SONVLI§ HLIM SAXINAOHG ISAHLAWY AVG ‘v8 ‘ON 
(4unj-uaty)) ATAOD HLIM ASVA ALIAGVE AnIg ‘fg ‘on 


85. 


86. 


Parr AMBER ANIMAL STATUETTES CW’ien-lung 


Figures of kylins on their haunches, finely carved in clear com- 
pressed amber of brilliant golden translucence and highly pol- 
ished. The head of one turned to left, that-of the other to right. 


Height, 7% inches. 
(Illustrated above) 


PatR AMBER ANIMAL STATUETTES Cl’ien-lung 


Dogs Fu, guardians of the threshold, one headed toward its left 
and with its left forepaw placed upon a frolicsome cub, the other 
with head turned to its right and right forepaw resting on the 
traditional brocaded ball. Seated on quadrilateral pedestals 
whose four sides are carved in low relief with birds and symbols. 
The whole carved in brilliant and clear compressed amber of 
rich golden translucence. The fronts of the pedestals incised 
with the mark of the reign in seal characters. 


(Illustrated ) 


Height, 12 inches. 


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No. 86. Parr AMBER ANIMAL STATETTES 
(Cl’ien-lung ) 


87. 


AMBER VASE WITH COVER CW’ien-lung 
Inverted pear shape with spreading foot, and four animalistic 
hoop and loose-ring handles. Bell shaped dome cover with four 
similar loop and loose-ring handles, and surmounted by a kylin. 
Rims of both vase and cover incised with borders of angular 
scroll, a motive repeated twice on the body of the vase, which is 
further carved in relief with the ancient ogre features and with 
a deep leaf-and-tongue border. Fine and clear compressed amber 
with brilliant golden translucence and highly polished. Seal mark 
of the reign. Has stand. 


Height, 11% inches. 


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88. 


CoMPRESSED AMBER PAGODA-LIKE TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER 
WITH COVER Cl’ ien-lung 


Four sections, including cover. Rich amber with golden trans- 
lucence. ‘The first section cylindrical, on three monster-head feet; 
flat, expanding rim with two animalistic loop and loose-ring han- 
dles. The second section with four animal-head loop and loose- 
ring handles, and carved and pierced with quatrefoils decorated 
with animal motives. ‘The third section has floral-loop and loose- 
ring handles, and the quatrefoils are decorated with birds. The 
cover has similar handles and is similarly adorned, and is sur- 
mounted by a coiled dragon. Seal mark of the reign. Finely 


carved wood stand, inlaid with silver wire. 
Height, 1034 inches. 


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92. 


MALACHITE VASE WITH COVER 


Flattened oviform with broad scrolled handles; dome cover with 
bird finial. The vase rests on a base of rockery and in the em- 
brace of prunus trees carved in undercut relief. On the trees 
are perched five pheasants. Malachite of rich coloring and finely 


marked. Has stand. 
Height, 534 inches. 


CARNELIAN FLOWER HOLDER 


Carved as a hollowed tree trunk, with branches of the tree peony 
and abundant blossoms carved in high relief and undercut sur- 
rounding it. At one side a phoenix is perched, and on the oppo- 
site side is a large peony flower, hollowed. Rich and varied 
carnelian coloring and a brilliant polish. Has stand. 

Height, 6% inches. 


AGATE BOAT 


Grayish opalescent agate with bluish tones, carved as a boat with 
lee-boards. and Chinese sail and a cabin. Manned by four men, 
one at the tiller, the others at sheets and halyards. Has stand. 

: Length, 9 inches. 


MALACHITE VASE WITH COVER 


Ovoid with high and broad shoulder and oval lip; dome cover sur- 
mounted by a standing kylin. The vase of nine kylins. Besides 
the one on the cover eight others are carved in bold relief with 
undercutting about the sides. The vase has two broad scrolled 
handles, and on a ledge at the shoulder is a bundle of books. 


Rich malachite with fine markings. Has stand. 
Height, 9% inches 


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CARNELIAN FLOWER HOLDER 

A hollowed and leaning tree trunk is surrounded by twisted 
branches carved in high relief and deeply undercut, and by blos- 
soms of the peony and magnolia. ‘The sacred fungus also ap- 
pears. Phoenixes perch at either side. Translucent carnelian of 
fine and varied coloring and brilliantly polished. Has stand. 


Height, 7%4 inches. 


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94. 


CARNELIAN FLOWER HOLDER 


Carved as an ancient tree trunk, hollowed, and sprouting at its 
base are the tree peony and a peach tree, the peony in blossom 
and the peach tree bearing nearly a score of peaches. The carv- 
ing in high relief and undercutting. Beautifully marked carnelian 
with rich color and brilliant polish. Has stand. 

Height, 7% inches. 


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95. MALACHITE ORNAMENT 
Rich malachite of fine color and markings and brilliantly pol- 
ished, carved with a figure of Liu Han the hermit standing on 
rocks whose base is washed by the waves. He is smiling and his 
familiar the three-legged toad is at his feet. At his back is a 
pine tree in undercut relief, a pair of storks and two stags. In- 
cised mark, gilded: Ch’ien-lung nien chih. Has stand. 


Height, 1034 inches. 


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102. 


PaiR AMBER SPHERES ON SILVER ELEPHANT STANDS 

Balls of clear amber with golden translucence and brilliant pol- 
ish. On ivory mounts on the backs of walking elephants molded 
in silver and naturalistically chased. Ornaments of magnificent 


halls. 


Diameter of spheres, 4% inches; height with stands, 1034 inches. 


(Illustrated ) 


Pair CRYSTAL PRICKET CANDLESTICKS 


Shallow basin on three short juw-i feet and in it a tortoise on whose 
back stands upright a bird with spread wings. On the bird’s 
head is poised the tall pricket with circular bobéche. Bird and 
tortoise carved in relief and incised, the exterior of the basin 
with a petal border in relief and the interior incised with water 


lines and scrolls. (Repaired. ) 
Height, 10% inches. 


Cups, Boxes, Bowls, Birds and Other Ornaments 


in Green fade 


SET OF SIX GREEN JADE WINE Cups Ch’ien-lung 
Ovoid on low foot. Jade of the deep dark mottled green of 
woodland mosses; brightly polished. Four-character mark of 
the reign. incised and gilded, under the foot. 


ParR GREEN JADE WINE Cups Cl’ien-lung 
Similar to the preceding but of smaller size. Same mark. 


GREEN JADE TEABOWL WITH COVER CW ien-lung 
Inverted bell shape; the cover an ovoidal saucer reversed, with 
bold foot which forms the handle. Richly colored dark moss- 
green jade, brightly polished. Both bowl and cover incised with 
four-character seal mark, gilded. 

Diameter, 3%4 inches. 

SeT or THREE GREEN JADE TEABOWLS WITH COVERS 
. Cl’ ien-lung 
Similar to the preceding and with the same mark on all pieces. 
Diameter, 3% inches. 

SET OF THREE GREEN JADE TEABOWLS WITH COVERS 
Cl’ien-lung 
Similar to the preceding and with the same mark on all pieces. 
Diameter, 334 inches. 


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109. 


PaiR SPINACH-GREEN JADE BIBLE Boxes 


Oblong and shallow, with sliding cover which may be locked by 
a gilt set-screw. Cover paneled, and carved in low relief with a 
figure of Liu Han riding his three-legged toad. 

Length, 4% inches. 
PatR SPINACH-GREEN JADE BIBLE Boxes 


Similar to the preceding but with the cover ornamentation in 
bas-relief floral forms surrounding a cruciform design. 
Length, 4% inches. 


Pair SPINACH-GREEN JADE BIBLE Boxes 


Similar to the preceding. 
Length, 5 inches. 


PAIR GREEN JADE Bow Ls Ch’ ien-lung 


Inverted bell shape with bold foot. Translucent sage-green jade 
with smooth dull polish. Have stands. 
Diameter, 5% inches. 


PAIR GREEN JADE PRICKET CANDLESTICKS 


On the back of a turtle carved in high relief, which is astride two 
archaic dragons in the bottom of a shallow basin, stands a bird 
of primitive modeling. Its wings are spread, and on its head, 
which is held very erect, is poised the pricket with expanding 
bobéche. ‘The bird’s plumage is carved in relief and incised. 
The basin rests on three low feet. Rich dark green mottled jade 
with soft polish. 


Height, to inches. 


GREEN JADE SACRIFICIAL BowL Cl’ien-lung 


A shallow body expands broadly from a deep foot, is then fluted, 
and above a narrow shoulder rises to an expanding lip. ‘wo 
animalistic loop handles with scroll drops. Under the lip carved 
with archaic dragons between monster-heads and protruding 
ridges. Similar ornamentation on the deep foot. Has stand. 


Diameter, 4 inches; across the handles, 634 inches. 


(Illustrated ) 


GREEN JADE INCENSE BURNER WITH COVER Cl’ien-lung 
Ovoidal with fluted sides, on low expanding foot. Two broad 
and flat ribbon-scroll handles. Dome cover, also fluted, with ex- 
panding circular finial. Translucent light green jade with soft 
polish. Has stand. 


Diameter, 5 inches. 


(Illustrated ) 


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No. 108. GREEN JADE SACRIFICIAL BowL 


No. 109. GREEN JADE INCENSE BURNER WITH COVER 


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PaIR GREEN JADE BirD STATUETTES 

Finely carved figures of pies standing on rocks, their wings raised 
and their attitude one of alertness. Plumage carved in relief 
and incised. Fine spinach-green jade with bright polish. Have 
stands. 


Length, 12 inches. 
(Illustrated above) 


Parr IMPERIAL GREEN JADE TABLE SCREENS Cl’ ien-lung 
Large discs of rarely beautiful lightly mottled moss-green jade, 
the obverse covered with relief carvings of temple landscapes, 
birds in flight, and sages and attendants. On the reverse are 
rocks and shrubbery in light relief. In wood stands carved with 
dragons rising from the sea. 

Diameter, 7% inches; height in stands, 14 inches. 


(Illustrated ) 


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Taz 


ME Ze, 


GREEN JADE PI-T’UNG Cl’ien-lung 
A tall cylindrical brush holder of light spinach-green jade with 
soft polish, the entire exterior surface carved in cavo-rilievo with 
the celebrated eight horses of the Chou Emperor Mu Wang, 
whose charioteer is said to have driven them wherever hoofs 
trod and wheel ruts ran, throughout the realm. The landscape 
is varied by rocks, pines and other trees, and a pavilion, and two 
figures appear. Has stand. 


(Illustrated ) 


Height, 534 inches. 


PatR GILDED GREEN JADE VASES WITH COVERS 

Deep inverted pear shape, flattened, on expanding pedestal-foot, 
the high and narrow shoulder contracting to a broad neck with 
flanged lip. Two dragon-head loop and loose-ring handles. 
Dome cover surmounted by a Fu lion. The entire surface pen- 
ciled in gold with five-clawed dragons among clouds above the 


sea. Carved wood stands. 
Height, 13 inches. 


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GREEN JADE INCENSE BURNER WITH COVER Cl’ien-lung 


Cauldron shape on three short feet with monster-head knees: 
two monster-head loop and loose-ring handles. Cover dome 
shape with large floral-knob finial. Lightly mottled moss-green 
jade with bright polish. Ornamentation after the designs of 
the ancient bronzes, with animalistic features in light relief on 


an incised thunder-scroll ground. Was stand. 
Diameter, 9 inches. 


White Jade and Fei-Ts'ui Jade Bowls, Cups, Screens, 


ric, 


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Vases and Statuettes 


Parr WHITE JADE BirD STATUETTES 


Pheasants finely carved of purest white jade brilliantly polished. 


Have stands. 
Height, 3% inches. 


Pair WHITE JADE Birp STATUETTES 
Peacocks squatting with tails spread, finely carved and incised; 
purest white jade with brilliant polish. Have stands. 

Length, 4% inches. 


Parr WHITE JADE Cups Cl’ien-lung 


Ovoid with short foot. Pure white jade, both interior and ex- 
terior surfaces brightly polished. Have stands. 


Diameter, 3% inches. 


Parr WHITE JADE TEABOWLS WITH COVERS Cl’ien-lung 
Inverted bell shape, the covers inverted saucer shape. ‘Trans- 
lucent white jade with bright polish; one cover with restricted 


mottling. Have stands. 
Diameter, 4% inches. 


Pair FEr-Ts’ur JADE TEABOWLS WITH COVERS Cl’ien-lung 
Flaring inverted bell shape on delicate foot, the saucers inverted 
saucer shape, with delicate foot serving as handle. Thin, trans- 
lucent, finely marked fei-ts’ui jade—one cover with an area of 
unusual color, soft brown intensifying to deeper brown hues, with 
a spot of dull red—all brightly polished. Have stands. 


Diameter, 434 inches. 


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120. WuHiITe JADE VASE WITH CHAINED COVER Cl’ ien-lung 
Ovoidal and flattened, on pedestal-foot, with two dragon-loop 
and loose-ring handles. Dome shaped cover with knob finial, 
which is arched by pine branches in undercut relief. Obverse 
exquisitely carved in relief with a pine tree and an alighting bird. 
The cover is attached to one of the handles by a chain of twenty 
links. The whole carved of a single block of white jade and bril- 


liantly polished. 
Height, 7 inches. 


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Fer-Ts’ur JADE STATUETTE 


Standing figure of a female deity, slender and in gracefully cling- 
ing and flowing robes, holding a ju-i sceptre engraved with a Shou 
medallion at her breast. Beside her a stand of rockery support- 
ing a tripod incense burner above whose curling fumes a rabbit 
appears. In white jade with delicate emerald markings and bril- 
liantly polished. Has carved stand inlaid with silver wire. 
Height, 5% inches. 


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ParR WHITE JADE TEABOWLS WITH COVERS Cl’ien-lung 


Flat bottom on bold foot, with flaring sides; saucer covers. 
Bevel edges. Grayish-white translucent jade with soft polish. 


Have stands. 
Diameter, 434 inches. 


REMARKABLE SET OF NINE WHITE JADE STATUETTES 


Shou-lao, god of longevity; and the eight immortal genii of the 
Taoists: Chung-li Ch’tan with the fan with which he revives the 
souls of the dead, Li Tung-pin and his sword of supernatural 
power (accompanied by an attendant), Li T’ieh-kuai and his 
magic pilgrim’s-gourd, Ts’ao Kuo-ch’iu with his castanets, Chang 
Kuo with his bamboo tube and rods, Han Hsiang Tzu and his 
flute, Ho Hsien Ku with the lotus flower, and Lan [s’ai-ho carry- 
ing the basket of flowers (with a movable tassel pendant). All 
of pure white jade with brilliant polish. All have stands. 
Heights, 5% to 7 inches. 


(Illustrated ) 


WHITE JADE Box WITH COVER 

Pure white jade, carved in the form of the fabled three-legged 
toad, with features in relief, a figure mounted on its back. Body 
hollowed, the back as cover. High polish. Has stand. 


Length, 434 inches. 


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STATUETTES 


125. Pair WuiTe JADE PLATES Ch’ien-lung 
With recurving sides, flaring from a low foot. Delicate trans- 
lucent white jade with a dull polish. Incised with the seal mark 
of Ch’ien-lung. Have stands. 

Diameter, 634 inches. 
(Illustrated ) 

120. PaAtR WHITE JADE BowLs Cl’ ien-lung 
Thin, musical white jade, with a soft polish. Sides recurving 
from a short foot. No ornamentation save the glistening polish. 
Have stands. : 

Diameter, 634 inches. 
127—WHiITE JADE BrusH HOLDER Cl’ien-lung 


A cylinder of white jade beautifully carved in varied relief with 
a stork flying over a mountainside where grows the sacred fungus, 
a pine tree also appearing and a spotted stag which turns to 
regard the stork. Brilliantly polished. 


Diameter, 4 inches. 


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128—WHITE JADE BowL Cl’ ien-lung 
Ovoidal, broad and shallow, with flat rim having an inward ex- 
tension; two perforate lotus flower handles with loose-rings, the 
flowers being in the seedpod stage. Six short ju-i feet. Exterior 
carved in relief with various lotus motives from the bud to the 
seedpod. Underneath, incised seal mark of Ch’ien-lung. Has 


stand. 
Diameter, 7%4 inches. 


(Illustrated ) 


129—WHiITE JADE BowL Cl’ien-lung 
Ovoid sides and slightly expanded lip; on four short jw-7 feet. 
External sides finely carved in delicate relief with scrolling lotus 
plants. Soft polish. Has stand. 


Diameter, 6% inches. 


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130—FEI-Ts’uI JADE LiBATION Cup wiTH WooDEN STAND 
Inverted bell shape on three boldly carved quadrilateral legs. 
One dragon loop and loose-ring handle. Rising from the rim 
two posts capped with blossom finials. Around the body a band 
of low relief carvings of ancient monster features. 


(Illustrated ) 


Height, 5 inches. 


131—WHITE JADE TripoD INCENSE BURNER WITH COVER 
Cl’ien-lung 
Ovoid with upright rim, on three scrolling legs; two monster- 
head and loose-ring handles. Dome cover surmounted by a Fu 
and a filletted ball. Pure white jade with a very brilliant polish. 


Has stand. 
Height, 6% inches. 


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135. 


Fer-Ts’'ur JADE VASE WITH COVER Cl’ ien-lung 


Deep cup-shape, flattened, rising from a spreading foot; contract- 
ing neck with two elephant-head loop and loose-ring handles; 
dome cover with knob finial. On both faces formal carvings in 
delicate relief adapted from the animalistic ornamentation of 
ancient bronzes. Jade with broad vertical bands of white, paral- 
leled by bands of rich emerald-green. Has stand. 

Height, 8 inches. 


FEI-Ts’ul JADE VASE WITH COVER Cl’ien-lung 


In form of a flattened quadrilateral ewer after a beaker design, 
with a lizard-dragon in undercut relief mounting one narrow side 
and serving as handle. Carved in delicate relief with the ogre 
features and plantain leaf borders. ‘The cover presents varia- 
tions of the ogre features. Nearly the whole of vase and cover 
suffused with delicate emerald green. Has stand. 

Height, 5 inches. 


FEI-Ts’ UI JADE VASE WITH COVER Ch’ien-lung 


Flattened globular form on short oblong foot; short incurvate 
neck with oblong lip; two perforate dragon scroll handles. 
Dome cover bordered by plantain leaves and having an oblong 
knob finial. Decorated with highly conventionalized features of 
the gluttonous ogre in low relief. Jade mottled in light and 
darker emerald tones and highly polished. Has stand. 

Height, 5%4 inches. 


FEI-Ts’uUl JADE STATUETTE WITH WOODEN STAND 

Standing figure of a female deity carrying a blossoming peony 
branch. Peculiarly interesting jade, exhibiting intense notes of 
the kingfisher green, the areas usually white suffused with a del- 
icate lavender hue, and at the base ferrous staining. _ Brilliantly 


polished. Has stand. 
Height, 5% inches. 


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Parr WHITE JADE Brrp STATUETTES 

Figures of the phoenix standing upon rocks, to which its lone 

scrolling tail feathers reach, its head turned over its back and 

below its bill a fungus scroll. The plumage carved in relief and 

delicately incised. [he whole brightly polished. Have stands. 
Height, 8% inches. 


(Illustrated ) 


WuitrE Jape BorrLe wiTH JADE STOPPER CW’ien-lung 
In the form of a double-gourd, on a low and lightly spreading 
foot, the stopper capped by an undercut cluster of overhanging 
leaves. The gourd is slightly flattened, and at the sides of the 
upper section are bats carved in relief, while beneath them on the 
lower section are discs in bold relief incised with ideographic 
characters. Obverse and reverse of lower section carved with 
the gourd vine in bearing in delicate and interesting relief, the 
upper section with gourds and bats. Has stand. 

Height, 734 inches. 


(I1lustrated ) 


WuitEe JADE BowL Cl’ien-lung 
Ovoidal, expanding from a bold foot. Grayish-white jade with 
dull, soft polish. Has stand. 


Diameter, 7 inches. 


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139. 


Parr WHITE JADE TABLE SCREENS IN CARVED Woop STANDS 
Cl’ien-lung 
Upright oblong plinths of pure white jade, brightly polished, 
the obverse displaying relief carvings of the eight Taoist im- 
mortals in wooded mountain retreats, and on the reverse appear- 
ing the longevity emblems, the stork and the spotted stag. In 
carved and pierced wooden stands. 
Height, 534 inches; with stands, 9¥% niches. 


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140. ParR WHITE JADE TaBLeE SCREENS IN CARVED Woop STANDS 
Clv’ien-lung 

Thick upright oblong slabs of white jade with arched tops and 
brilliantly polished, exhibiting landscape ornamentation incised 

and in varied relief, with sages and attendants near pavilions 

and a man toiling up a mountain path. In carved and perforated 


wooden stands. 
Height, 634 inches; in stands, 11% inches. 


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Parr Waite JADE CouPES WITH COVERS CW ien-lung 


Carved of pure and brilliant white jade, translucent and bril- 
liantly polished, in the form of the three-legged toad, the body 
hollowed, with a circular orifice in the top of the back, where 
is seated the hermit Liu Han forming the cover. Incised Ch’ien- 
lung mark. Have stands. 

Height, 6 inches. 


(Illustrated ) 


Parr WHITE JADE COUPES WITH COVERS Cl’ ien-lung 


Similar to the preceding, except that the figure is in a more 
playful posture. Have stands. 
Height, 5% inches. 


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144. 


FEI-Ts’u1 JADE MouNTAIN wiITH WHITE JADE STAND 

Ch’ ien-lung 
A mountain of fei-ts’ui jade with large areas of the prized king- 
fisher-green and almost equal areas of a delicate mauve, exhibit- 
ing grottos, trees and small fungus growths carved in relief. In- 
cised inscription in four characters. Carved and perforated 
white jade stand in the form of rockery, blossoms and the bush 
bamboo, the jade stand resting in a carved wood stand of the 


same motives. 
Length, 6% inches; height with jade stand, 534 inches. 


(Illustrated ) 


Fei-Ts’ur JADE Flower HoLpeR witH WooDEN STAND 

In the form of a hollowed tree trunk springing from among rocks, 
with smaller trees of the wild prunus, in blossom, embracing it in 
bold and freely undercut relief, and ten songbirds perched among 
the branches. Brilliant polish and engaging emerald green mark- 


ings. Has stand. 
Height, 834 inches. 


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Parr WHITE JADE ELEPHANT Vases Cl’ien-lung 


Carved in the form of richly caparisoned elephants, their trap- 
ings in relief and finely ornamented, bearing on their backs pear 
shaped vases guarded by boys. Bright polish. Have carved 
wood stands. 


Length, 8 inches. 


(Illustrated ) 


Ancient Jade Seals and Carved Ornaments 


BLACK JADE SEAL Han 


Square, of black and white jade, the handle in the form of a 
tiger, recumbent, with a smaller animal beside it. 


IMPERIAL WHITE JADE SEAL Ming 
Two and one-eighth inches square, incised with the hundred char- 
acters of longevity. Handle in the form of an archaic dragon, 
crouching. Grayish-white jade with soft polish. 


148—JADE SEAL Sung 


Incised characters, of imperial dimensions; handle in the form 
of a lion, crouching. White jade, largely stained a rich brown 
through long inhumation. Soft patina. 


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IMPERIAL JADE SEAL Ming 


A square block of grayish jade, surmounted by two dragons, 
pierced, which form the handle. Smooth polish. 


37% inches square. 


IMPERIAL JADE SEAL Ming 


Huge square block of grayish jade, overspread by a dragon 
carved in high relief and forming the handle. Soft polish. 


534 inches square. 


JADE ANIMAL STATUETTE Ming 
Figure of a dog lying down, his tail curled about his hip and his 
forepaws crossed; his head raised. Grayish-white jade with soft 
polish. Has stand. 


Length, 334 inches. 


CARVED STONE LION T’ang 
Figure of a lion lying down, somewhat curled with head toward 
its right and resting on its forepaws. In form of a paperweight. 
Grayish stone with soft patina and light grayish earth incrusta- 


tions. 
Length, 5% inches. 


SOAPSTONE CARVING Cl’ ien-lung 
Recumbent figure of the bibulous poet Li Po, with his head on 
his hands, which grasp his wine jar. In chicken’s-blood soap- 


stone of fine quality. Has stand. 
Length, 6 inches. 


SOAPSTONE STATUETTE ON SOAPSTONE BASE Ch’? en-lung 


Standing figure of a bowman, his robes engraved and retaining 


vestiges of original lacquering and gilding. 
Height on base, 8% inches. 


Rurnoceros Horn STATUETTE ON WOODEN STAND 

Cl’ ien-lung 
Figure of Kuan-yin, in full robes, carved seated on a rock throne, 
with her left arm resting on a large projection at the side. Deft 


workmanship. Soft blackish patina. 
Height, 534 inches. 


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Four Rare Carved Figures in Coral and Ivory 


156. PINK CORAL STATUETTE 


Tall and sinuous, graceful and slender figure of a female divinity 
standing on rockery. In her left hand she holds a cup at her 
breast, while in her right hand she holds a fly whisk carved in 
relief against her skirt. Beside her the tree peony grows and 
blossoms. Has brocade stand. 


(Illustrated ) 


Height, 8 inches. 


157. PInK CorAL STATUARY GROUP 
Standing figure of Kuan-yin on a rock base, wearing the high 
headdress and cowl and carrying a fly whisk and the vase of 
magic water. On a ledge at her right side is a kylin guardian, 
supporting a loose-ring at its throat. Has brocade stand. 


Height, 7%2 inches. 


(Illustrated ) 


158. PINK CORAL FIGURE 
Kuan-yin, slender and graceful, in flowing robes and holding a 
long ju-i sceptre, her head poised over her right shoulder. A 
large blossom of the rock peony springs from the rocks at her 
feet, at one side, while on a ledge at the opposite side a guardian 
tiger crouches. Has brocade stand. 


(Illustrated ) 


Height, 9 inches. 


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RARE CARVED Ivory STATUETTE TINTED IN LACQUER WITH 

GILDING Cl’ien-lung 
Tall standing figure of a female immortal, holding at her breast 
a basket brimming with pomegranates and the Buddha’s-hand 
citron. She wears flowing robes, with borders of floral-scroll and 
hatch, incised and carved in relief, tinted and gilded. Streamers 
and ornaments carved in bold relief and undercut. High top- 
knot, held by a band ornamented with a peony blossom. Under- 
neath, the imperial seal of Ch’ien-lung. Smooth polish and mel- 
low patina. Has carved and perforate wooden stand, designed 
as a tangle of the polyporus lucidus or sacred fungus. 


Height, 19 inches. 
(Illustrated as Frontispiece) 


Some Ancient and Fine Lacquers 


Two Lacauer Boxes wirH Covers Ming 


Oblong, the sides and ends containing quatrefoils of basketry, 
the tops in openwork lattice designs with applied blossoms in 
relief. In black, green and dull vermilion lacquer, with gilt orna- 
mentation. 

Length, 8% inches. 


PatR LACQUER BOXES WITH COVERS Ming 
Oblong, on four ju-i feet. Sides and ends in panels of basketry, 
tops in panels of lattice-work semé with flowerets in relief; all 
panels in dull vermilion framed in gold, with black boundaries. 


Length, 13 inches. 


Pair Rep LacQueER PLATES Ming 


Carved as lotus blossoms spread open, with smooth disc centre 
and shaped foot. Coated with lustrous lacquer of soft red. 
(Slight nick at rim of one.) 


Diameter, 7 inches. 


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163. Rep LACQUER SEAL CASE Ming 
Square, with convex foot, hinged cover with beveled edges, and 
gilt bronze hinges and clasp. Elaborately carved on the top 
and all sides with imperial dragons among clouds above waves. 
Incised mark, gilded: Ta Ming Chia Ching nien chih. 


Height, 8% inches; 8 inches square. 


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QUADRILATERAL LACQUER VASE K’ang-hsi 


An expanding beveled foot rests on a square base, and above it 
the sides of the vase expand in pear shape, contracting lightly to 
a square and flanged lip. “Iwo animalistic loop handles. Rim 
incised with a keyfret scroll, bevel of the foot with fabulous quad- 
rupeds galloping over waves, and the base with a floral and 
meander border. [Each of the four sides displays a different com- 
position in intaglio carving and a poem incised. On one side is 
symbolized the meeting of two stars, the Star of the Spinning 
Maid and the Star of the Cowherd, which takes place once a 
year on the evening of the seventh day of the seventh month. On 
another side the convivial poet Li Po, with friends and attend- 
ants, partakes freely of wine and in a state of enivrement is 
adorning his hat with garlands. A third side pictures the Sung 
heroine Mu-lan in her masculine warrior attire, a trumpeter 
sounding his bugle over her tethered horse; hers is one of the 
Twenty-four Stories of Filial Piety of China. On the fourth side 
are figures at refreshment in a garden under lantern light, cele- 
brating the eightieth birthday of Yen Ting, who faces the spec- 
tator, the compliment being tendered by his friend Huang Jan. 
Incised seal mark, reading: Made in the twenty-fifth year of 
K’ang-hsi (1687). 

Height, 12% inches. 


(Illustrated ) 


No. 164. QUADRILATERAL LacqueR VASE (K’ang-hsi) 


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Chinese Miniature Paintings 


A collection of ten Ming portraits of early emperors and distinguished states- 
men. Painted in ink and colors on silk, and framed uniformly in simple 
narrow wood frames, the exterior measurement of the frames being approximately, 
height 1534 inches, width 114 to 12 inches. On the back of each painting is its 
record and description in Chinese. All the portraits are head-and-shoulders, the 
sitters facing slightly toward the right. 


PoRTRAIT OF Kao YANG SHIH 


Dark vermilion coat; blue cap. Kao Yang Shih belongs to the 
legendary period of Chinese history. He was the second of the 
Wu Ti, or Five Rulers, and was depicted as early as the Han 
dynasty at least, the Wu Ti appearing in a bas-relief of that 
dynasty dug up in the seventeenth century. 


PORTRAIT OF SHUN CHUAN 

In dark coat embroidered with mountains and constellations and 
trimmed with blue; jeweled headdress. Shun Chuan was em- 
peror of Wu, one of the “Three Kingdoms.” 


PorTRAIT OF I YEN 

In emerald coat with black trimming; a tripod incense burner be- 
fore his right breast. I Yen was prime minister to the first 
emperor of the Hsia dynasty, the first of the ““Three Dynasties” 
(B:C.02 768-1769. )0 


PorRTRAIT OF Yu SHIH Nan 


In dark vermilion coat with white at the neck and black cap. 
He was a noted paragrapher and one of the Eighteen Famous 
Scholars of the first emperor of the T’ang dynasty. 


Portrait oF Tu Ju Hut 


In emerald coat and black cap and holding a blue book. He was 
one of the Eighteen Famous Scholars at the court of the first 
emperor of the ‘I’ang dynasty. 


PORTRAIT OF CHENG Le Hsu 


In vermilion coat with blue and white trimming, and white scep- 
tre; elaborate headdress. He was a scholar and statesman of 
the Sung dynasty and a great admirer of Confucius. 


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PorTRAIT OF SZE Ma YIn 

In white with azure trimming and an inner coat of emerald- 
green; black headdress which hangs over his shoulders. Sze 
Ma Yih was a great general of the Han dynasty, and the father 
of the first emperor of the Wei dynasty (Wei of the “Three 
Kingdoms’’). 


FPORERAIT OF CHING Ty] 


In a coat of creamy tone trimmed with white and black; blue cap. 
Ching Ti was an emperor of the Han dynasty. 


PORTRAIT OF Wu Ti oF LIANG 


Gray coat with white and black trimming; blue cap. Wu Ti was 
an emperor of the Liang dynasty, one of the ‘Six Dynasties.” 


PoRTRAIT OF Wu Ti or HAN 


Vermilion coat embroidered with mountains and constellations 
and trimmed with blue; white inner garment; jeweled headdress. 
Wu Ti was an emperor of the Han dynasty. 


Chinese Paintings of Sentiment 


THE SONG oF A BirpD 


In colors on silk. A bird filled with song speaks joyously from 
the swaying branch of a tree in blossom time. By Chien Shun 
Chiu of the Sung dynasty. With signature and seals. 


Height, 9% inches; width, 9% inches. 


A Brrp oN A BouGH 


In ink and tint on silk. On a branch springing from the lower 
left corner of the picture, and bearing leaves and berries, a bird 
has perched and turns its head over its back, a berry in its beak. 
By Chao Chang of the Sung dynasty, a member of the Imperial 
Academy of Calligraphy and Painting, which was established by 
the Emperor Hui Tsung in the first year of his reign, A.D. 1101. 
The painting bears the seal of the emperor and also the seal 
of his reign, Hstian Ho. 


Height, 934 inches; width, 9 inches. 


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THE CLEANLY GRASSHOPPER 


In ink on paper. Ona plant of the Chinese cabbage a lone grass- 
hopper appears. By Shu Ku-Yen of the Sung dynasty, a member 
of the Imperial Academy; painted in the first year of Ching Ting. 
In the upper left corner of the picture is a poem inscribed by 
some owner in the Ming period, who found in the lone grass- 
hopper on the plant the inspiration to liken this particular insect 
to cleanly and aloof people, who keep apart from the rabble, 
the musty superfluity. 

Height, 7 inches; length, 11% inches. 


THE STorRK’s NEST 


In colors on a fan-shaped panel of silk. The uppermost branches 
of a tree and high projecting rocks come into the composition, 
and monkeys seek to rob a nest of the stork’s young. ‘The stork 
comes sailing to the rescue. Attributed to Li Ti of the Sung 
dynasty. 

Height, 9 inches; width, 634 inches. 


Ancient Bronzes: Ornaments, Bowls, Incense 
Burners and Statuettes: Old Pewters 


BRONZE ORNAMENT Sung 


Figure of a kylin, seated on its haunches and looking straight 
ahead. Incised and relief details, with vestiges of ancient gild- 
ing. Brownish and blackish patina. 


BRONZE ORNAMENT Sung 


Statuette of the fabulous dragon horse, recumbent. Relief and 
incised details. Brown and blackish patina. 
Length, 3% inches. 


BRONZE TRipop INCENSE BURNER WITH GILDING Ming 
Cylindrical, on three animalistic feet; lip extended lightly in- 
ward. At top and bottom incised Je? wén borders, and between 
them a deep band of floral diaper ground on which appear the 
lotus, peony and other flowers in relief and gilded. Incised six 


character mark. 
Diameter, 334 inches. 


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BRONZE STATUETTE Ming 


Standing figure carrying a basket which may contain fish or flow- 
ers, and strapped to his shoulder a gourd-shaped vase which 
serves to hold incense-stick or flower. On square spreading base. 
Black patina. 

Height, 9% inches. 


BRONZE STATUETTE Ming 


Seated figure of Kuan-yin, right knee raised and hands resting 
on it, in the left hand a scroll. Voluminous robes, high head- 
dress without cowl; necklace in relief; in forehead the “third 


eye.” Rich black patina. 
Height, 10% inches. 


BRONZE STATUETTE Ming 


Vigorous male figure kneeling on left knee, beside which is a 
small vase, his right knee upright and supporting a tall beaker 
which he steadies with his hands. Both vases ready to hold in- 
cense-stick or flower. On quadrilateral base of openwork. Black 


patina. 
Height, 13% inches. 


ParR BRONZE ANIMAL STATUETTES Ming 


Dogs Fu, one with a playful cub and parted jaws, the other with 
jaws brought together and its right forepaw raised, and on its 
back a small Fu. Details finely modeled and incised. Greenish- 
gray patina and grayish earth incrustations. Have stands. 
Height, 6 inches. 


BRONZE QUADRILATERAL INCENSE BURNER Ming 


On four tall scrolled and serrated legs; projecting ridges at the 
corners and at the centres of the sides; two upright loop handles 
rising from the rim. Relief decoration of the ancient ogre fea- 
tures on an incised thunder-scroll ground. Dark patina. 

Height, 834 inches. 


PEWTER GALLERIED TRAY Ming 
Oblong of irregularly foliated outline and surrounded by a gal- 
lery of swastika scroll design, pierced. The upper surface of 
the bottom decorated with the tree peony and flying phoenixes, 
with incised outlines, reserved in a punched ground. Grayish and 


black patina. 
Length, 9% inches. 


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193. 


PEWTER BOWL WITH COVER Ming 


Oviform on spreading foot, with expanded rim; dome cover with 
expanding circular handle. The bowl decorated with Shou medal- 
lions and a highly conventionalized archaic dragon scroll reserved 
plain in a stippled ground, the cover decoration being bats among 


clouds. Dense dark patina. 
Diameter, 6% inches. 


BRONZE BowL Han 
Ovoidal and shallow with thick round lip. Both surfaces coy- 
ered with a thick aerugo of malachite green and dull dark green. 


Diameter, 11 inches. 


BRONZE STATUETTE Ming 


Standing female figure in traditional flowing robes, her hair 
parted and tied in two loops at her shoulders, holding in both 
hands before her breast a lotus flower. On pierced quatrefoil 


base. Dark brownish patina. 
Height, 6% inches. 


BRONZE STATUARY GROUP Ming 


Standing figure of Kuan-yin, her robes modeled in relief and with 
finely incised embroideries, holding in her right hand a scroll, 
her left hand resting on the head of a boy at her side who holds 
up an offering bowl. Her face retains portions of its ancient gild- 


ing. Has stand. 
Height, 8% inches. 


BRONZE STATUETTE Ming 


Tall and slender female figure, in clinging gown with flowing 
sleeves and streamers, standing on a square base with four spread- 
ing feet. Right hand extended and clasping something. Face 


of fine and unusual type. Dull black patina. 
Height, 10 inches. 


BRONZE STATUETTE Ming 


Tall figure of Kuan-yin, standing, in full robes, from which her 
bare toes protrude, her hands free in front of her, the left above 
the right. Embroideries of her robes inlaid, as is the “third eye,” 
a silvery gleam in the centre of her forehead. Finely modeled 
face of benignantly serene expression, the glance directed down- 
ward. She wears a high headdress and cowl, and in her tiara is 
a small Buddhist image. Black patina of dull surface. 

Height, 22% inches. 

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Snuff Bottles of Porcelain, Glass, “fade and 
Other Hard Stones 


PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE Clvien-lung 


Modeled in the form of a squirrel and glazed in a soft and bril- 
liant white. 


FAMILLE-ROSE SNUFF BOTTLE Cl’ien-lung 


Rectilinear with two broad and two narrow sides. On the broad 
sides figure decoration in famille-rose enamels, and elsewhere 
scrolls in underglaze blue with gilding. 


CORAL-RED SNUFF BOTTLE Ch’ ien-lung 


Rectilinear with arched top. Glazed in lustrous coral-red, with 
two oblong panels reserved and glazed in brilliant white on the 


broad sides. 


CAMEO-GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE Cl’ien-lung 


Pilgrim-bottle shape, in opaque turquoise blue with two fishes in 
dark purple-blue relief. 


CAMEO-GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE Cl’ien-lung 


Ovoid, of translucent opalescent glass, adorned in cameo relief 
with the fruits of the abundances in ruby, emerald and light yel- 
low. 


Two SNurr BOTTLES Cl’ ien-lung 


One ovoid and bulbous in mottled red glass of dull lustre. One 
of flattened ovoidal form, of porcelain, with decorations in re- 
lief of the dragon and phoenix, in green and pink on a yellow 
ground. 


Two SNUFF BOTTLES Cl’ien-lung 


One ovoid, of cameo-glass, with peony sprays in dark blue relief 
on a light ground. One in flattened ovoidal flask shape in dark 
red mottled glass. 


Two CrysTAL SNUFF BOTTLES 


Ovoidal, one flattened and plain with high polish, one with orna- 
mental carvings in relief and incised. 


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Two PorcELaIn SNUFF BorrTLes CW ien-lung 
One double-gourd shape, flattened, with floral decorations in 
famille-rose enamels. One flattened oviform, with animalistic 
handles in relief on a blue ground, and reserved white panels pen- 
ciled with flowers in famille-rose colors. 


Two PorcELAIN SNUFF BoTTLEs Cl’ ien-lung 
One quadrilateral and flat with indented corners, and raised 
panels penciled with landscape within a diapered ground: One 
in form of a cicada in pale aubergine, brown and white. 


Two SNurr BorTrLes 
One of white jade, in form of an egg-plant, with leaves in relief; 


CWien-lung. One of grayish-brown agate with a marble mottling 
in light colors. 


Two CAMEo-GLass SNUFF BOTTLES Cl’ ien-lung 
One pilgrim-bottle shape with lotus plants in ruby relief on a 
snowy ground; one elongated and slender with archaic dragons 
in similar relief on similar ground. 


Two PorcELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES Ch’ien-lung 
One in flattened globular-jar form, with Shou-lao and a peach 
of longevity pictured on a mountain side in rose-verte colors. 
One in flattened inverted-pearshape decorated with domestic 
scenes in underglaze and overglaze colors, and gilding. 


Two Grass SNUFF BOTTLES Cl’ ien-lung 
Ovoid, in yellow glass, one a light yellow with little mottling, 
its companion a richer yellow with mottling and striations in 
deeper tones, verging upon brown. 


Two SNurr BoTTLEs Cl’ ien-lung 
One of turquoise blue glass of rich tone and brilliant surface. 
One of porcelain, in slender elongated pear shape, carrying white 
panels enameled with flowers within an embossed green-blue 
ground. 


Two PorcELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES Cl’ ien-lung 


One painted with flowers and landscape on white panels within 
a green-blue ground. One quadrilateral, raised on a short foot, 
and painted with figures in famille-rose colors, with gilding. 


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WHITE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE Cl’ien-lung 
Advantage of the natural formation of the stone has been taken 
to give a suggestion of irregular melon shape, with soft polish 
and ferrous shadings. 


AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 
Double-gourd shape with vine and smaller fruit in relief; brown 
and sugary agate with high polish. 


CAMEO-GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE Cl’ien-lung 
Pear shape, flattened, of brilliant white glass, with reliefs of 
birds, flowers and the spotted stag in ruby, azure, seal brown 
and pale green. 


PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE CW’ien-lung 
Flattened globular-jar form, glazed in cobalt 
blue, with archaic dragons carved in relief on 
both faces and glazed in black. 


SorT PASTE SNUFF BoTTLe wirH Meta. Lip 

AND Foot Cl’ien-lung 
Ovoid and flattened. Relief decoration of dra- 
gons amid turbulent waves. Cream white glaze 
of light lustre. 


RosE QuarRTZ SNUFF BOTTLE 

Flask shape, carved in low relief with figures and 
and trees. Rose quartz of light hue, brightly 
polished. 


(Illustrated ) 


RosE QUARTZ SNUFF BOTTLE 


Flask shape, carved in relief with vines and fruits. Light rose 
quartz with bright polish. 


PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE Cl’ ien-lung 


Modeled as a curled lotus leaf glazed in pale fresh green, with 
buds and seedpod in relief and glazed in pale aubergine. 


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PoRCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE Cl’ien-lung 


Modeled as a squirrel, glazed in greenish-white with fur pen- 
ciled in brownish-black, with a bunch of grapes glazed in delicate 
polychrome; the bottle neck in coral-pink. 


RosE Quartz SNUFF BOTTLE 


Flask shape, of pale rose quartz brightly polished, carved in re- 
lief with figures, flowers and rockery. 


PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE Clv’ien-lung 


Ovoid and full-bodied, with panels of wave motive on obverse 
and reverse modeled on a reticulated ground, the panels bear- 
ing in relief the three star gods of Happiness, Rank and 
Longevity, Fu, Lu and Shou. Glazed in cobalt blue. 


RosE QuarTz SNUFF BOTTLE 


Flask shape with brilliant polish. Carved in low relief with a 
tree of the peaches of longevity, a bat and a spotted stag. 


FEI-Ts’UI JADE SNUFF BOTTLE 


Slender inverted pear shape, flattened. Lower corner with a 
flush of the fe7-ts’ui green, the greater area a translucent white, 
and the whole with a fine polish. 


Fer-Ts’ur JADE SNUFF BOTTLE 

Globular-jar form, flattened. Grayish-white jade of semi-liquid 
translucency, suffused with the fei-ts’ui greenish tones. 

PEKING ENAMEL SNUFF BOTTLE Cl’ien-lung 
Vesica shape, with two minute rings on shoulder for the attach- 
ment of a chain. Light cream ground ornamented in black with 
dogs Fu in a foliar entanglement. 

RosE QUARTZ SNUFF BOTTLE 

Flask shape with bas-relief ornamentation of pine trees, plan- 
tains, birds, animals and figures. 

RosE Quartz SNUFF BOTTLE 


Flattened ovoidal form, carved on one face with a dog Fu and 
the brocaded ball, and on the opposite face with a dragon, in 
relief. 


CAMEO-GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE Ch’ ien-lung 


Ovoid and flattened, carved in relief with vegetables and shrub- 
bery in ruby red on a semi-transparent light ground. 


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RosE QuARTZ SNUFF BOTTLE 


Full-bodied flask shape, one side flat and the other rounded, 
carved in relief with flower and fruit motives and brightly pol- 
ished. 


PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE Cl’ ien-lung 
Inverted pear shape, flattened. Decoration, scrolls in underglaze 
blue and figures in underglaze and overglaze colors of the rose 
family. Ch’ien-lung mark. 


RosE QUARTZ SNUFF BOTTLE . 


Flattened oval form with delicate foot. Carved in relief with 
a phoenix under a bamboo tree and an immortal holding a lotus. 


PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE CWien-lung 


Ovo-cylindrical, decorated with figures in a garden in famille- 
rose colors and borders in dark underglaze blue. 


FEI-Ts’UI JADE SNUFF BOTTLE 


Oviform slightly flattened. Delicate emerald green markings 
over a considerable area of the surface, which is engraved with 
the sacred fungus, the blossoming mei and other floral forms. 


PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE Cl’ ien-lung 


Ovoidal jar form in globular expansion. Decorated in high re- 
lief on an incised fret ground with the eight Buddhistic emblems 
of happy augury. Brilliant glaze in coral red. 


RosE QUARTZ SNUFF BOTTLE 


In form of a slender and flattened jar resting on rockery and 
surrounded by flowers and shrubbery; on one side the figure of a 
horse. Brilliant polish. 


Rusy G Lass SNUFF BOTTLE Cl’ien-lung 


Elongated ovoidal form with two animalistic handles. Clear 
and brilliant ruby glass, lightly incised on both obverse and re- 


verse with long poems. 
Height, 3 inches. 


RosE QUARTZ SNUFF BOTTLE 


Carved and pierced in the form of fishes rising from waves, the 
scales incised and the fins in relief; bright polish. 


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PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE 

Chia Ch’ing 
Of foliated outline on a quadrilateral 
base, the obverse and reverse modeled 
in the form of coins, five to each face, 
the coins glazed in light blue and 
gilded and the remaining ground 
glazed in coral red and pencilled in 
gold. 

(Illustrated ) 


RosE QuARTZ SNUFF BOTTLE 


Irregular form resembling a leaning 
tree stump, carved on all sides with 
flowers in relief and a standing phoe- 
nix. 


CAMEO-GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE Chi en-lung 


Elongated pear shape, of semi-transparent 
glass with ruby animalistic handles and ruby 
horses and monkeys under trees, carved in 
relief; brilliant surface. 


PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE CW’ ien-lung 


Flattened flask shape of quadrilateral form 
and decorated on all sides with flowers and 
floral scrolls in black and green 


(Illustrated ) 


PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE Chia Cl’ing 


Inverted pear shape, flattened. Decoration, 
Taoist immortals in polychrome enamels on a 
white ground. 


(Illustrated ) 


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PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE 

Chia Ch’ing 
Full-bodied ovoid form slightly flat- 
tened, with the eighteen Lohan 
modeled in relief and glazed in 
polychrome on an incised ground 
glazed in dark green. 


RosE QuarRTz SNUFF BOTTLE 


Oviform vase shape with circular 
lip and foot. Encircled by a band 
of conventionalized lotus flowers in 
relief and a petal border. Brightly 
polished. 


PORCELAIN RETICULATED SNUFF 
BoTTLE Cl’ien-lung 


Ovoidal, decorated with the dragon 
and phoenix in famille-rose enamels 
in high-relief on a reticulate ground. 


Sort Paste SNUFF BOTTLE 

Cl’ien-lung 
Large ovoidal jar shape slightly flat- 
tened. Decoration, the nine dogs 
Fu in high relief, at sport with the 
filleted ball, over a _ reticulate 
ground. Cream glaze of moist 
brilliancy. 


(Illustrated ) 


AMETHYST DouBLE SNUFF BOTTLE 
WITH ORIGINAL  BIRDCRESTED 
STOPPERS 

Two ovoidal jars resting on rockery 
and in the embrace of peony trees, 
with a phoenix perched on one side, 
carved from a single piece of ame- 
thyst of rich color and highly pol- 
ished. Has brocade stand. 


(Illustrated ) 


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PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE Cl’ien-lung 


Ovoidal and flattened, modeled in high relief with the nine dogs 
Fu, and glazed in polychrome with gilding. 


PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE Cl’ ien-lung 


Flat flask shape with arching top and flat foot. Coated with a 
brilliant rose-soufflé glaze. 


RosE QuaRTZ SNUFF BOTTLE 


Ovoidal flask shape, carved with flowers in relief and brightly 
polished. 


RosE QuARTZ SNUFF BOTTLE 


Slender flattened flask shape, in a rockery base; carved with trees 
in blossom and a horse standing with lowered head under one of 
them. Bright polish. 


PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE Cl’ ien-lung 


Ovate and bulbous, with floral forms in relief and incised mark- 
ing the entire surface under a pure white glaze. 


AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 


Ovoidal and flattened, with two animal-mask and ring handles 
in relief. Translucent grayish-brown agate with mirror polish. 


CAMEO-GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE Cl’ien-lung 
Pilgrim-bottle shape with foot. Transparent glass with goldfish 
in attitude of swimming and nibbling at leaves carved in ruby 
relief all about it. 


CAMEO-GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE Cl’ ien-lung 
Ovo-cylindrical with broad sloping shoulder. Transparent color- 
less glass with archaic dragon designs carved in ruby relief be- 
tween a ruby shoulder border and ruby foot. 


Decorated Porcelains of Various Periods, and a 


Few Fine Enamels 


PEKING ENAMEL Box WITH COVER Cl’ ien-lung 


On copper, retaining portions of gilding. Trees, water and moun- 
tains, a bird, blossoms and a finger-citron in delicate colors on a 
white ground. Length, 3 inches. 


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260. 


261. 


PaiR IMPERIAL YELLOW PEKING ENAMEL BowLs 

Cl’ ien-lung 
Ovoid with short foot. On the exterior four-clawed dragons dis- 
porting among conventional clouds, in pink, green and white 
within a ground of rich imperial yellow. Ju-i border in deep blue; 
diapered floral border in a lighter blue. On the interior, bats 
flying among conventional clouds, about a cluster of the peaches 
of longevity, in pink, green and blue on a white ground. Under- 
neath foot a phoenix medallion in blue and green on a ground of 


imperial yellow. 
Diameter, 6 inches. 


(Illustrated ) 


Parr IMPERIAL YELLOW PEKING ENAMEL Bowls Cl’ ien-lung 
Similar to the preceding. 


STATUETTE OF H0o-SHANG K’ang-hsi 


Seated figure of the happy god of wealth, in a bright glaze of 


pale bleu-de-ciel. Has stand. 
Height, 4 inches. 


Group OF FAMILLE-ROSE FIGURES MODELED ON A SINGLE 
STAND Ch’ ien-lung 
Nine small figures, standing in three tiers, one above another, 

and glazed in rose, emerald, yellow, black, blue and white. 
Height, 5% inches. 


THREE-COLOR FIGURE GROUP FK’ang-hsi 
Twin immortals standing on a quatrefoil base, smiling at each 
other. Semi-nude, with clothing in colors. Known as Ho-Ho. 


Has stand. 
Height, 6% inches. 


PatR PORCELAIN STATUARY GROUPS Clvien-lung 


Smiling figures seated sidewise on kylins. Glazed in rose and yel- 
low, red, green, blue and white, the bodies of the beasts in 
greenish-blue and coral, their scales penciled in black. _ 

Height, 7% inches. 


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262. SET OF FoUR SEMI-EGGSHELL WINE Cups Yung Chéng 
Broad inverted bell shape. Delicate musical porcelain, with a 
verte-rose decoration, the designs landscape medallions reserved 
in a flowered ground. Mark, the six characters of Yung Chéng. 
Have stands. 


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263. SET OF SIX CAFE-AU-LAIT CUPS Tao Kuang 
Inverted bell shape on bold foot. Decoration, blossoming shrub- 
bery in enamels of the green family on a ground of delicate café- 
au-lait. Seal mark of the reign. 

264. SET oF TEN Rice Bow Ls : Cl’ ien-lung 
Thin musical porcelain. Ovoidal on short foot and with del- 
icate lightly everted rim. 

(a) Two Rice Bowts 
One with a brilliant mirror glaze of rich azure, penciled in gold 
with imperial dragon pursuing the whirling jewel among clouds. 
One with a robin’s-egg glaze marbled in dark lines, and exhibit- 
ing chrysanthemums in rose-verte enamels. 
(b) Two Rice Bowts 
White glaze, one clouded in coral and carrying characters in 
black, one carrying seals and inscriptions in coral and black. 
(c) Two Rice Bowts 
One glazed in coral red, the other in chocolate brown, both pen- 
ciled with scrolls in gold, and both exhibiting medallions reserved 
in white and decorated in enamel colors. 
(d) Two Rice Bow ts 
One glazed a delicate rose with peau-d’orange surface, and pen- 
ciled with formal scrolls in a deeper note. One with a slate blue 
enamel glaze diapered with incised scrolls, with floral medal- 
lions reserved and decorated in colors. 
(e) Two Rice Bowts 
One glazed in lime yellow of naturalistic surface, and penciled 
in delicate green and coral with scrolls and floral medallions. One 
with an enamel glaze of lime green, incised with a diaper of 
scrolls, and decorated with a spray of roses. 

Diameter (of all), 3%4-334 inches. 

265. FAMILLE-ROSE PI-T’UNG CW’ ien-lung 
Decorated in delicate enamel colors with many children at play 
in a terraced garden. Seal mark of the reign. Has stand. 

266. FIvE-coLOR INCENSE BURNER Ming 


Cylindrical on a short withdrawn foot. Conventional landscape 
decoration with certain naturalistic features, and a cross-hatched 
border interrupted by floral reserves, in the old Ming five-color 


on white ground. 
Diameter, 3% inches. 


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268. 


269. 


270. 


Pair Fu anp FisH Bow 1s K’ang-hsi 
Ovoid with short foot. Thin musical white porcelain, coated 
with a lustrous cream white glaze, decorated on the exterior with 
four dogs Fu in enamel colors and on the interior with four 


fishes in coral red. Have stands. Diameter, 3¥ inches. 
DecorATeD BowL wiTH COVER Chia Ch’ing 


Ovoidal with short foot and festooned edge; dome cover with 
“foot” handle. Rose-verte decoration of goats in green fields, 
and in the interior of bowl and cover medallions of bat and 
peaches. Seal mark of the reign. (Repair at foot of bowl.) 

Diameter, 5 inches. 
Pair Dracon Bowls wiTH STANDS K’ang-hsi 


Ovoid on bold foot. Glazed in imperial yellow, with four-clawed 
dragons reserved, etched in the paste, and glazed in emerald 
green. (Slight kiln defect at rim of one.) Six-character mark 
of the reign. Diameter, 434 inches. 


SET OF TEN Rice BowLs Cl’ien-lung 


Oviform, the rim lightly curving outward, on short foot. 

(a) Two Rice Bow s 

One enameled with a lime-yellow glaze of naturalistic surface, 

and painted in emerald green and peach red with blossoms, 

scrolls, and conventional medallions. ‘The other glazed in lime- 

green, etched with a diaper scroll, and painted with a rose spray 

in overglaze colors. 

(b) Two Rice Bowts 

Exterior glazed in a wild rose hue of peau-d’orange surface and 

penciled in a deeper note of purplish-rose, one with a band of 

conventional floral scroll and two borders, the other with de- 

tached floral medallions and floral scrolls. 

(c) Two Rice Bowts 

One with a robin’s-egg glaze marbled in grayish black, with re- 

served medallions in white painted in rose. One glazed in soft 

white and painted with waterside landscapes in green family. 

(d) ‘Two Rice Bow ts 

Exterior in white, clouded in ashes-of-rose hues, and penciled with 

calligraphic characters in black, 

(e) Two Rice Bow rs 

One glazed in rich and brilliant bleu-de-ciel, penciled in gold with 

imperial dragons in pursuit of the coveted jewel. One glazed in 

dead-leaf brown, penciled with golden scrolls, interrupted by 

medallions in white reserve painted with flowers in enamel colors. 
- Diameter (of all), 4% inches. 


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274. 


BLUE AND WHITE BowL Ming 


Inverted bell shape with bold foot. Painted in deep blue and a 
lighter wash with the seated figures of four Bodhisattvas and as 
many Chinese characters, translations from the Sanskrit. They 
betoken prayers. In the interior an ideograph in a medallion. 
Mark: Made in the reign of Chia Ching of the Great Ming 
dynasty. Has stand. 


Diameter, 5% inches. 


(Illustrated ) 


Pair TEA Bowls wiTH COVERS CW’ien-lung 
Ovoid with short foot; dome cover with expanding circular han- 
dle. Painted with figures in boats, and rural landscapes, in rose- 
verte enamels, and penciled with long poems in black. 


Diameter, 4% inches. 


Two RosrE-vERTE Bow Ls Yung Cheng 
Recurving sides, expanding from a short foot. Fine white glaze, 
painted respectively in rose-verte colors with sprays of the lotus 
and of peonies and chrysanthemums. Six-character mark of the 
reign. (Slight glaze defect at foot.) 


Diameter, 434 inches. 


FAMILLE-VERTE SWEETMEAT DISH IN NINETEEN SEPARATE Com- 

PARTMENTS Kang-hsi 
Circular, the parts, or small sweetmeat dishes, angular. Brilliant 
famille-verte decoration, the interior of the dishes picturing the 
dragon horse galloping over a flower-strewn sea, the exterior 
sides bearing Buddhistic symbols. 


Diameter, 19% inches. 


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FIVE-coLOR BowL Ming 


Inverted bell shape with lightly expanding rim. Decorated in 
underglaze and overglaze colors with the figures of four Lohan 
seated on mats near rocks and shrubbery and a garden table. 
Underneath foot a four-character hall mark within a double 
ring, reading “Made for the Hall of Absolute Charity.” (Slight 


nick at rim.) Has stand. 
Diameter, 5 inches. 


PatrR OvoipAL Bow Ls R’ang-hsi 


Thin musical white porcelain with a brilliant white glaze, with a 
restricted decoration of three fishes in swimming postures in 
rouge-de-cuivre, and sprays of grasses in green enamel. (Minute 
nick at rim.) Have stands. 

Diameter, 6% inches. 


Lotus Bow. Chia Ch’ing 


Ovoidal, modeled as an open lotus flower, the petals in successive 
tiers, appearing in relief on the outside and depressed in the in- 
terior, where at the bottom is a medallion representing the lotus 
seedpod. ‘The rim is festooned, following the petal motive. In- 
terior glazed in pistache green, the exterior in pink and white in 
suggestion of the lotus. Seal mark of the reign. Has stand. 


Diameter, 7% inches. 


PaiR FAMILLE-ROSE OvoIpDAL BOwLs Yung Chéng 


Brilliant glaze of soft white, decorated with flowers and butter- 
flies in famille-rose colors. Four-character mark in black under 
the foot: “Made at the Hall for the Cultivation of Harmony.” 


Have stands. 
Diameter, 6% inches. 


Pair FAMILLE-ROSE OvorpaL Bowls 
Similar to the preceding and bearing the same mark. Same size. 


Pair SEMI-EGGSHELL PLATES wITH UPRIGHT STANDS 

R’ang-hsi 
Thin porcelain of clear tone, glazed in a brilliant and fine soft 
white, carrying on both exterior and interior surfaces a vigorously 
drawn and graceful decoration. of peach branches and a perched 
bird, executed in famille-verte enamels, aubergine, and under- 
glaze rouge-de-cuivre. Mark: Ta Cl’ing K’ang-hsi nien chih. 
Stand carved in openwork in lotus motives. 


(Illustrated ) 


Diameter, 8% inches. 


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282. 


MILLE-FLEURS TRIPOD JARDINIERE — CW ien-lung 
Circular with broad channeled lip, on three ju-i feet. The lip and 
feet glazed in coral red. The body with a mille-fleurs decoration 
in underglaze rouge-de-cuivre and overglaze polychrome enamels 
on a ground of brilliant soft green. Has stand. 


Diameter, 7% inches. 
(Illustrated ) 


Pair FAMILLE-ROSE BOWLS WITH STANDS Cl’ ien-lung 
Large and expanding inverted bell shape, the rims foliated. Bril- 
liant glaze of pure white, with finely executed decoration of three 
immortal characters seated in placid conviviality in a garden. 


Seal mark of the reign. Have stands. 
Diameter, 734 inches. 


POWDER-BLUE VASE R’ang-hsi 
Pear shape on a deep spreading foot, the contracting neck ex- 
panding again to a flaring and upright lip. Brilliant glaze of 
powder-blue penciled boldly in gold with a complex floral decora- 


tion. 
Height, 10 inches. 


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Pair DECORATED JARS WITH COVERS Chia Cl’ing 
Ovoidal with short neck and expanding lip; hat-shaped covers 
with blossom finial. Brilliant pale green ground, decorated in 
polychrome and gilding with conventional lotus scrolls, bats and 
symbols. Seal mark of the reign. Have stands. 

Height, 8% inches. 


(Illustrated ) 


Pair DECORATED WALL VASES Cl’ien-lung 


Elongated inverted pear shape, with spreading foot, high shoul- 
der and short incurvate neck. On the shoulder three sheep’s- 
heads in high relief. Lustrous white glaze over a rumpled 
ground, with decoration in enamels of the famille-verte picturing 
a gentleman on a garden slope pointing upward at the animal 


heads. 


Height, 7% inches. 


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290. 


201. 


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DECORATED GINGER JAR WITH WOODEN COVER AND STAND 
FK’ang-hsi 
Overglaze and underglaze decoration of a figure with a ju-i scep- 
tre riding a mang or land dragon, attended by boys. In rouge-de- 
cuivre and famille-verte enamels on a soft white ground. 
Height, 7% inches. 


FAMILLE-ROSE GINGER JAR WITH WooDEN COVER 
Cl’ ien-lung 
Decorated with butterflies and flower: sprays, including the car- 
nation, peony, chrysanthemum, iris, lotus, magnolia and other 
blossoms, in polychrome enamels on a lustrous soft white ground. 
Height, 7% inches. 


FAMILLE-ROSE GINGER JAR WITH WOODEN COVER AND STAND 
Cl’ien-lung 
Decorated with boys playing hobbyhorse and other games in a 


garden, in colors of the famille-rose. 


Height, 7 inches. 


FAMILLE-ROSE GINGER JAR Cl’ien-lung 
Decorated with the phoenix, the tree peony and the magnolia, 
and butterflies, in famille-rose enamels on a ground of grayish- 


white. Has teakwood cover and stand. 
Height, 7% inches. 


FAMILLE-ROSE GINGER JAR WITH WOODEN COVER | 
Cl’ien-lung 
Decoration similar to that of the preceding. 
Height, 734 inches. 


PatR FAMILLE-ROSE GINGER JARS WITH WOODEN COVERS AND 

STANDS Ch’ien-lung 
Decorated in rich enamel colors and rouge-de-fer with a sceptred 
figure borne on a mang, preceded and followed by bearers of 


banners and a canopy. 
Height, 8 inches. 


ParR FAMILLE-ROSE TEA JARS WITH THEIR OWN ORIGINAL 

COVERS Cl’ ien-lung 
Globular-ovoidal, with in-setting covers having bud finial. Rich 
decoration enhanced by gilding, picturing women and children 


variously engaged in a garden. MHave stands. 
Height, 9 inches. 


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294. 


MILLE-FLEURS TRAY Ch’ien-lung 
Oval, set in a molded wooden frame which rests on four short 
ju-i feet. Resplendent display of blossoms, including the peony, 
chrysanthemum, magnolia, and numerous others, in polychrome 
with a background of greenery. 


(Illustrated ) 


Diameter, 15 inches. 


PaiR FAMILLE-ROSE TEA JARS WITH COVERS AND STANDS 
Cl’ ien-lung 


Spherical; in-setting covers with conical finials. Decorated in 
enamel colors with a band of lozenges of pistache ground on a 
ground of rose-pink dotted with blossoms; the blossoms white, 
the decoration of the lozenges in various soft colors. On the 
shoulder a ju-i border, around the base a formal rectilinear 


border. 


Height, 834 inches. 


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296. 


299. 


300. 


PatR FAMILLE-ROSE QUADRILATERAL JARDINIERES 

CW’ ien-lung 
Flat lips projecting inward; ju-i feet. White glaze, decorated in 
famille-rose colors with standing three-quarters length figures of 
women holding small branches of blossoms, and figures of boys at 
play. Have carved acajou stands. Height. 996 inchél. 


(Illustrated ) 


Single Color Pieces 
Including Blanc-ae-Chine, Clair-de-lune, Peachbloom, 
Apple-green and Sang-de-beuf 

Pairk ANIMAL STATUETTES Ming 
Dogs Fu on their haunches on oblong bases with rounded cor- 
ners. Each guards the brocaded ball, one with his right forefoot 
and the other with his left forefoot. Features and trappings 
modeled in relief, and the whole coated with a brilliant cream 
glaze. Height, 5% inches. 
Parr BLANC-DE-CHINE STATUETTES Ming 
Taoist figures of smiling dignity, seated with folded hands on 
semi-circular thrones. Bearded men wearing flat caps. Brilliant 
glaze of pure white. Height CA es 
Pair BLANC-DE-CHINE CUPS Ming 
Modeled in cupped lotus motive, resting on three short stump 
feet, with a stem bent from underneath the centre and extending 
up the outer side, forming a short handle. Inside, a crab in re- 
lief. Brilliant glaze of soft white. (One stem nicked.) 


Diameter, 334 inches. 


BLANC-DE-CHINE STATUARY GROUP Ming 


Kuan-yin mounted on a tall throne of rockery, a bowl at her right 
and a bundle of books at her left posed upon upstanding ledges, 
and on a ledge below at her left the vase for the magic water. 
On her upraised right knee she clasps an infant who holds a lotus 
flower. Characteristically brilliant glaze of soft white. Has 


stand. Height, 1034 inches. 


BLANC-DE-CHINE STATUETTE Ming 
Standing figure of Kuan-yin, wearing topknot, cowl, tiara and 
necklace, her hands crossed before her. Brilliant glaze of soft 
white (partial on the left hand). She stands on a base molded 


in scrolls. Height, 13 inches. 
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CIRCULAR OvoIpDAL RouGE Box R’ang-hsi 


With cover, invested with a softly brilliant peachbloom glaze, 
bearing the six-character mark of the reign and having a carved 
wood lotus seedpod stand. 


(Illustrated ) 
INVERTED BELL-SHAPED CuP K’ang-hsi 
Glazed in peachbloom and bearing the (apocryphal) mark of 
Hsuan Te. (Illustrated ) 
INVERTED BELL-SHAPED CUP K’ang-hsi 


Glazed within and without in rose Du Barry and bearing the 
(apocryphal) mark of Ch’éng Hua. 

(Illustrated ) 
Tinc-yAo PILGRIM BOTTLE Sung 


Expanded ovoid form, with short contracting truncate neck. 
Decoration of fungus and flowers modeled in low relief under 
the brilliant cream crackled glaze. Was stand. 

Height, 8¥% inches. 
SET OF S1Ix SEMI-EGGSHELL MINIATURE WINE Cups K’ang-hsi 


Ovoid on a short foot, the rim lightly expanding. Encircled by 
a narrow band of two pair of archaic dragons carved in low re- 
lief, between knife-edge encircling rings. Exteriors clothed in 
a brilliant glaze of pale straw-yellow, interiors glazed in white. 
Six-character mark of the reign. Slight kiln marks in the ex- 
terior glaze.) 


BLANC-DE-CHINE GROUP” Ming 


Kuan-yin seated, above a pierced rock mass, holding on her right 
knee a nude infant who carries symbols in his hands. On an 
upright-ledge at her left a bundle of books. She wears the breast 
necklace, tiara, tokpnot and cowl. Soft white glaze of lustrous 


brilliancy. Height, 12% inches. 
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305—SET OF SIx CoraL WINE Cups Yung Chéng 


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308. 


308A. 


308B. 


Delicate musical white porcelain, modeled in inverted bell shape 
on a small foot. The interiors white, the exteriors in a fine and 
uniform glaze of soft coral red of dull lustre. Six-character mark 
of the reign. 


PAIR QUADRILATERAL CUPS WITH STANDS Cl’ien-lung 
Hopper shape, coated with a brilliant straw yellow glaze disclos- 
ing a metallic lustre. An incised maker’s mark or dedicatory 


mark in four characters is discernible under the glaze of the 
foot. 


PaiR CORAL-RED Bow Ls Cl’ien-lung 


Ovoidal flaring from a low foot. Exterior modeled with a band 
of floral diaper in relief, a foot border of petal design in relief, 
and a lip border of incised keyfret. Interior glazed in pistache 
green. 

Diameter, 4% inches. 
SANG-DE-BG:UF BEAKER K’ang-hsi 
With globular lower section. Rich sang-de-beuf glaze. Has 
stand. 

(Illustrated ) 

OvoIpAL COUPE R’ang-hsi 
With embryonic lip. Rich sang-de-beuf glaze, exhibiting 
watery areas. Has stand. 


(Illustrated ) 
SANGDE-BCEUF COUPE K’ang-hsi 
Squat. Has carved wood stand. 


(Illustrated ) 


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PAIR SANG-DE-B@UF BOowLs WITH STANDS K’ang-hsi 
Bold foot supporting recurving sides. Both interior and exterior 
coated with a glaze of ox-blood red, that of one bowl being of 
a more dense tone than that of the other. (Slight nicks at rim.) 


Diameter, 434 inches. 


Pair IMPERIAL YELLOW Bow Ls F’ang-hsi 


Ovoidal with short foot and lightly expanding rim. Musical 
porcelain of clear tone invested with a brilliant and uniform glaze 
of imperial yellow. Mark: Ta Ch’ing K’ang-hsi nien chih. 


Diameter, 6 inches. 


Two ImPerIAL YELLOW PLATES FK’ang-hsi 
Ovoidal, coated with monochrome glazes of imperial yellow. 
Both have Ming marks, one that of Hung Chih, the other that 
of Chia Ching, both apocryphal. 


Diameter, 8% inches. 


CLAIR-DE-LUNE VASE wiTH TEAKWoopD COVER AND STAND 
R’ang-hsi 
Inverted pear shape with small mouth and flowing foot, both 
metal capped. Two horizontal C-scroll ornamental handles be- 
low the shoulder, in low relief. Coated with a uniform and lus- 
trous glaze of soft clair-de-lune. Six-character mark of the 
reign. | 
Height, 5¥% inches. 


APPLE-GREEN JAR WITH STAND K’ang-hsi 
Ovoidal with short constricted neck and slightly spreading lip. 
Apple-green glaze of soft lustre carrying a bold cafe-au-lait 
crackle. (Slight repair at lip.) 

Height, 4% inches. 


Ko-yAo COUPE WITH STAND Yung Chéng 
Globular with short contracting foot and small circular mouth 
with embryonic lip. Coated with a marble gray glaze boldly 


crackled in dark lines. 
Diameter, 4 inches. 


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315. APPLE-GREEN VASE WITH STAND K’ang-hsi 
Ovoid with lightly defined foot and short straight truncate neck. 
Invested with a fine apple-green glaze of dull lustre, lightly 


crackled in pale café-au-lait lines. 
Height, 434 inches. 


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316. CLAIR-DE-LUNE COUPE WITH STAND K’ang-hsi 


Squat ovoidal form with low foot and large mouth. Coated in- 
side and out with a lustrous clair-de-lune glaze. Underneath the 
foot a white glaze, with the mark: Ta Cl’ing K’ang-hsi nien chih. 


Diameter, 434 inches. 


(Illustrated ) 


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317. APPLE-GREEN BOTTLE-SHAPE VASE WITH STAND R’ang-hsi 


Swelling ovoidal body above a deep foot and contracting gently 
to a slender neck with expanding lip. Brilliant glaze of rich 
apple-green, with café-au-lait crackle. Interior of lip and under- 
neath foot a rice white glaze crackled in café -m-lait. (Two 
slight nicks in lip.) 

Height, 8% inches 


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RING-NECKED PEACHBLOOM BOTTLE K’ang-hsi 
Ovoidal, expanding lightly from the foot to the high shoulder, 
from which the neck issues with a slight molding at the root, that 
is succeeded by two relief rings. The short neck is slender and 
topped by a lightly expanding lip. Coated with a fine peachbloom 
glaze—resembling as the Chinese see it “‘the face of a beautiful 
woman flushed with wine.”’ Mark under foot: Ta Ch’ing K’angq- 
hsi nien chih. (Neck repaired.) Has ivory stand. 


Height, 734 inches. 


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APPLE-GREEN JAR WITH STAND K’ang-hsi 


Ovoidal with short neck and rounded lip. Bright apple-green 
glaze with pale café-au-lait crackle. 


(Illustrated ) 


Height, 4% inches. 


TURQUOISE-BLUE BOTTLE WITH STAND Ch’ien-lung 


Pear shape tapering to a tall straight neck; short foot. Coated 
with a brilliant glaze of lightly mottled turquoise blue, truitee. 
Height, 934 inches. 


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BLUE AND WHITE HAWTHORN GINGER JAR wiTH CARVED Woop 

CovER AND STAND K’ang-hsi 
A glowing piece of color and in excellent condition. Conven- 
tional ovoidal shape, with perfect foot, this so-called ‘‘ginger 
jar’’—they were really designed for conveying gifts of fine tea 
at New Year—is of finer quality than most of those that have 
come along of late years. Sonorous hard paste white porcelain, 
coated with a brilliant glaze of cobalt blue checked with dark 
lines in representation of ice that has started to break up, and 
exhibiting in cream white reserve both ascending and descending 
branches of the mei or winter-blooming wild prunus tree. At the 


shoulder a crenellated border. 
Height, 834 inches. 


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SANG-DE-BG@UF BOTTLE R’ang-hsi 
Glazed in deep hues of the ox-blood red. Has stand. 
(Illustrated ) 
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Glazed in deep hues of the ox-blood red. Have stands. 
(Illustrated ) 
SANG-DE-BGiUF COUPE K’ang-hsi 
Globular on a bold and spreading foot, the shoulder molded with 
two broad bands. Rich sang-de-beuf glaze revealing the dense 
brown clottings, the glaze interrupted by two animal-mask han- 
dles in relief which are coated only with a thin brown wash. 
Has stand. Diameter, 4% inches. 
SANG-DE-BGUF BOWL K’ang-hsi 
With recurving and flaring sides. Coated on exterior and in- 
terior with a dense sang-de-beuf glaze in the hue of the hardening 
blood. Diameter, 6% inches. 
SANG-DE-BC@2UF BOTTLE WITH STAND R’ang-hsi 
Globular with slender neck and spreading lip. Invested with a 
mirror glaze of rich sang-de-beuf red. Height, 7% inches. 


108 


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228. 


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330. 


331. 


S33: 


334° 


9. 


SANG-DE-BG:UF BEAKER WITH STAND FK’ang-hst 
A yase intact, in its original condition. Invested with a sang-de- 


beuf glaze in the hue of the congealing blood, covering both in- 
terior and exterior, with the rim reserved in white. 


Height, 7% inches. 
SANG-DE-BG@:UF BOTTLE-SHAPED VASE Kang-hsi 
Globular with bold foot, tall full neck and expanding lip. Bril- 
liant ox-blood glaze in the hue of congelation. (Crack in body 
and small repair at lip.) Has stand. 
Height, 9 inches. 
SANG-DE-BG:UF PEAR-SHAPED BOTTLE K’ang-hsi 
Perfect foot, the lip capped by a metal border in ju-i pattern. 
Fine sang-de-beuf glaze in rich deep tones. 
Height, 10 inches. 
SANG-DE-BGUF JAR K’ang-hsi 
Globular on a tall bell shaped foot. Rich and brilliant finely 
mottled glaze in warm tones of the ox-blood red. 
Height, 9 inches. 
SANG-DE-BG:UF BOTTLE-SHAPED VASE RK’ ang-hsi 
Globular tapering to a short truncated neck. Brilliant glaze 
showing all the tones from those thin and watery through the 
rich warm red of the flowing blood to the brownish clots of 
coagulation. Height, 12% inches. 


SANG-DE-BGUF DOUBLE-GOURD SHAPED VASE K’ang-hsi 
Invested with a lustrous glaze of rich sang-de-beuf, a fluid red 


marked by brownish clottings. Ficight, 14 inches: 


SANG-DE-BCEUF VASE R’ang-hsi 
Ovoidal with spreading foot and high shoulder, and wide slightly 
incurvate neck. Sang-de-beuf glaze mainly in the dull red and 
brownish tones of the cooling blood. AVN tee ae 
FLAMBE BOTTLE Cl’ien-lung 
Pear shape with bold foot and short straight neck. Mirror 
glaze of ox-blood red with the flambé features appearing about 
the lip. Height, 14 inches. 
FLAMBE JAR Ch’ien-lung 


Oviform, with flowing foot, high shoulder and short straight lip. 
Brilliant flambé glaze of deep red with mottling. (Slight nick 


at lip. ) Height, 13% inches. 


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336. 


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340. 


341. 


POLYCHROME FLAMBE BOTTLE Ch’ ien-lung 
Globular with straight full neck. Brilliant polychrome glaze of 
the transmutation furnace, reds and blues predominating on its 


varicolored surface. 
Height, 15% inches. 


FLAMBE RING-NECKED BOTTLE Cl’ ien-lung 
Globular on bold spreading foot, with full neck and expanding 
and molded lip. A double-molding encircles the body equatorially 
and two similar moldings surround the neck. Brilliant rich dark 


red glaze of the flambe type. 
Height, 1434 inches. 


FLAME BOTTLE CW ien-lung 
Globular with wide straight neck. Coated with a brilliantly lus- 
trous glaze of the transmutation furnace, in a tone of rich red 
marked by deeper and slightly purplish notes; the lip grayish and 


displaying a close crackle. 
Height, 15% inches. 


Dark BLuE BOTTLE CW ien-lung 


Globular with short straight and wide neck. Monochrome glaze 


of mirror quality in rich deep and dark-blue. 
Height, 11% inches. 


LAPIS-BLUE CYLINDRICAL CLUB-SHAPED VASE R’ang-hsi 


Invested with a fine monochrome glaze of deep lapis-blue, softly 


lustrous. 
Height, 15% inches. 


MAZARIN-BLUE VASE Ch’ien-lung 
Ovoidal with narrow and steep shoulder, and short wide neck 
with expanding lip. Clothed in a brilliant monochrome glaze of 


rich and deep mazarin-blue. 
Height, 12% inches. 


AUBERGINE VASE Cl’ ien-lung 
Inverted pear shape, somewhat flattened, the broad sloping shoul- 
der retreating to a short wide neck with expanding lip. From 
the shoulder down modeled in ten prominent lobes. The whole 
invested with a monochrome glaze of rich and very brilliant aw- 
bergine. (Small chip at foot.) 


Height, 1234 inches. 


342. 


343: 


SANG-DE-BG:UF TEMPLE JAR WITH ORIGINAL COVER 

K’ang-hsi 
Inverted pear shape with a mandarin or hat shaped cover having 
a conical knob finial. Both cover and body coated with a bril- 
liant glaze of rich sang-de-beuf, which ceases in even flow at the 
perfect foot. 


Height, 12 inches. 


(Illustrated ) 


FLAMBE BOTTLE-SHAPED VASE Ch’ien-lung 
Globular with full neck lightly expanding. Clothed in a bril- 
liant glaze of the transmutation furnace, basically a rich red, 
with purplish tones about the shoulder and underbody and a 


light café-au-lait lip. 
Height, 14% inches. 


44. 


SANG-DE-BG@UF OVvIFORM VASE K’ang-hsi 
High and narrow shoulder and flowing foot, with short neck and 
spreading lip. Grayish sang-de-beuf glaze, exhibiting watery 
areas about the lip, a denser flow with brownish spots of coagu- 
lation over the shoulder, thence dropping in sluggish but plen- 
teous rills to the foot. (Slight restoration at the foot.) 

Height, 17% inches. 


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345. SANG-DE-BG@UF OVIFORM VASE K’ang-hsi 


A superb example of color. High full shoulder, the lines of the 
body contracting and recurving in a spreading foot, the neck 
wide and full with expanding lip. Rich red glaze of great bril- 
liancy, in the varying hues of the sang-de-bauf, the tone of the 
fluent blood of much depth, and growing darker as areas of 
congelation are reached, passing on to a wavering welter around 


the foot. (Restoration at lip.) 
Height, 17% inches. 


A Small Group of Chun Yao Pieces of the 
Sung Dynasty 


346. CHUN Yao DisH Sung 


Circular and ovoidal with a well defined foot. Exterior and 
interior coated with a rich and luminous reddish-purple glaze. 


(Repaired.) Has stand. 


Diameter, 6% inches. 


114 


347- 


CuHtn Yao Bowr witH Carved Woop STaNnp Sung 


Ovoidal, the exterior sides encircled by successive moldings, the 


rounded rim upright. Exterior glazed in a brilliant and beau- 
tiful purple, with notes ranging to a grayish-violet, the interior 
coated with a grayish glaze approaching the Sung clair-de-lune. 
(Gold lacquer repair.) 


Diameter, 7 inches. 


Ces 


348. 


Cutn Yao VASE wITH CARVED Woop UPPER SECTION 

Sung 
Ovo-cylindrical with flat shoulder and flat underbody, resting 
upon a deep and spreading bell shaped base. Marked by four 
vertical quadrilateral ridges, prominently modeled. Rich and 
characteristic transmutation fambeé glaze, passing through inter- 
mediate shades of purple to pale blue. Supplied with an upper 
section of polished wood. (Slight restoration at foot.) Has 


carved acajou stand. 
Height, 5% inches; with the top, 9 inches. 


116 


349: 


350. 


ayes 


Porcelain “Fardin eres 


ParR YELLOW JARDINIERES WITH STANDS Cl’ ien-lung 


Cylindrical with flaring and rising rim. Coated with a mono- 
chrome glaze of canary yellow over a rumpled surface. 


Diameter, 11 inches. 


ParR BLUE AND WHITE HEXAGONAL JARDINIERES WITH STANDS 

Cl’ ien-lung 
Sides very slightly expanding from the ju-i feet to the flattened 
and molded rim. Decoration, six kylins in varying attitudes 
among conventional cloud and flame scrolls, in soft grayish blues 
on the pure white ground. Conventional borders under lip and 
at base. On upper surface of rim a border of half-blossoms re- 


served in white in a dark blue ground. — 
Height, 1334 inches. 


Pair TURQUOISE-BLUE JARDINIERES Ch’ien-lung 


Inverted bell shape, with flaring rim having a festooned edge. 
The sides are foliated by scrolled indentions. Exterior clothed 
in a bright glaze of turquoise-blue. Rims glazed in white and 
penciled in colors with floral sprays and with landscapes in 


quatrefoil panels. 
Diameter, 21 inches. 


Celadon and Other Pieces of the Sung, Ming and 


352. 


Bo: 


Other Periods 


GARNITURE OF THREE PIECES Sung 
Consisting of a tripod incense burner on a circular and spreading 
base, and one pair of quadrilateral inverted pear shape vases. 
The vases have a neck molded at the root, quadrilateral lip and 
pedestal-foot, and two outstanding crescent handles. All glazed 


in a soft bronze brown of dull lustre. 
Height of vases, 5% inches. 


Parr LuNG-cH’UAN VASES Sung 
Quadrilateral with flattened or rounded corners, oblong Jips and 
S-scroll handles. Coated with a lustrous celadon glaze which the 


Chinese call onion green. (Slight nick in lip of one.) 
‘ Height, 8% inches. 


117 


354: 


Parr LUNG-cH’UAN VASES WITH COVERS Sung 


Inverted pear shape, the broad and rounded shoulders support- 
ing straight cylindrical necks with expanding cupped lips. Broadly 
incised ornamentation, on the bodies, on one a tiger and on the 
other a dragon. On the underbodies tall spear-head borders and 
on the necks borders of plantain leaves. Circular covers with flat 
tops and slightly varying decoration. Luminous gray-green cela- 
don glaze. (On side of one vase, kiln adhesions. ) 

Height, 10 inches. 


118 


355: 


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358. 


359. 


360. 


2bT. 


CELADON VASE Yung Chéng 


Swelling sides, contracting toward a wide mouth and broad foot. 
Modeled in relief and by incision in vertical lobes traversing the 
entire length of the vase. Feigitt/ 16, inches. 


CELADON Tripop JARDINIERE Yung Chéng 


Cylindrical with rounded lip. Bas-relief ornamentation of floral 
scrolls in Indian lotus motive, between incised borders of leaf 
scroll and keyfret. Brilliant celadon glaze of pale seagreen hue. 


Diameter, 8% inches. 


ParR CELADON JARs witH Woop Covers AND STANDS 

Cl’ ien-lung 
Ovoid with embryonic lip and wide mouth. One modeled with 
crescent handles in low relief. Brilliant celadon glaze, on one 
a pale bluish seagreen, on the other a soft grayish seagreen. 
Mark, the Ch’ien-lung seal. HAph ra inher 


Parr LuNG-cH’UAN GALLIPOTS Sung 
Primitive and highly conventional decoration of floral forms, exe- 
cuted by incision and in relief. Celadon glazes in bluish and 
greenish tones. (Kiln adhesions on side of one.) 

Height, 9% inches. 


Pair DECORATED CELADON VASES Ch’ien-lung 
Quadrilateral with oblong lip and foot, the sides contracting 
slightly from the broad shoulder both to lip and foot. Two 
elephant-head loop and ring handles in relief. Bright glaze of 
pale celadon hue, decorated with plum blossoms, peonies and 
chrysanthemums in rich sapphire blue and peach red. (Corner 
of one foot chipped. ) Height, 1034 inches. 


LuNc-cH’UAN TRIPOD JARDINIERE WITH STAND ~ Ming 
Ovoidal and shallow on grotesque squat monster-head feet, 
slightly contracting and channeled rim, punctuated by floral 
bosses. Incised below the bosses with an encircling ring of cursive 
scroll and horizontal hatchings, and below this with a deep band 
of floral scroll. Light grayish celadon glaze of much brilliancy. 

Diameter, 11% inches. 


CELADON PLATE Ming 
Flaring ovoidal fluted body and flat festooned rim. Stoneweight 
porcelain with an incised floral medallion in the cavetto and the 
whole covered with a dense and brilliant celadon glaze of deep 
grayish seagreen. Diameter, 1234 inches. 


119 


362. 


363. 


364. 


365. 


366. 


367. 


CELADON PLATE Ming 
Circular, the ovoidal cavetto fluted, and surrounded by a narrow 
upturning rim. Heavy porcelain with a brilliant celadon glaze of 
grayish seagreen. 

Diameter, 1234 inches. 
CELADON PLATE Ming 
Narrow festooned rim, the sides of the cavetto fluted, modeled in 
relief and incised, the decoration floral; at the centre a broadly 
incised and finely modeled floral design within a foliated medal- 
lion. Dense heavy porcelain with a celadon glaze of grayish sea- 
green of dull lustre. 


Diameter, 12% inches. 


CELADON TRIPOD JARDINIERE WITH Woop STAND Ming 


Circular and ovoidal on short animal-mask feet. Molded and 

flattened lip slightly contracting. Incised rings encircle the ex- 

terior near lip and base. Pale seagreen glaze of soft lustre. 
Diameter, 1134 inches. 


LARGE CELADON PLATE Ming 
Ovoidal cavetto and narrow expanding marly and low foot. In- 
cised foliar and liliform decoration in conventional designs, in 
the large medallion at the bottom and around the sides of the 
cavetto. Brilliant celadon glaze of fine seagreen tone, boldly 
crackled. 


Diameter, 17% inches. 


CELADON BEAKER-SHAPED VASE Ming 
Ovoid with spreading foot, and wide neck molded at the root, 
with expanding and down-turning lip. Decoration incised and 
modeled in the paste representing the dragon among conventional 
clouds pursuing the jewel presented in floral form. On the neck a 
plantain border deeply incised in herringbone effect. Brilliant 


grayish-green celadon glaze. Has stand. 
Height, 18 inches. 


LuNnc-cH’UAN VASE Sung 
Lower section in inverted pear shape, the high shoulder support- 
ing a wide and tall neck with trumpet lip. Stoneweight porcelain 
coated with a fine and lustrous celadon glaze of pure grayish sea- 
green with large crackle, over a relief decoration of peony scroll 
and long leaves. ‘The neck is encircled by broad rings and the 
base is modeled with a fluted border. (Kiln crack in one side.) 
Has stand. 

Height, 17% inches. 


120 


A Group of Yin Ching or “Shadowy-blue?? Porcelain 
( From an Excavated Sung City in the Magistracy of Ju Lu 


368. 


369. 


370. 


Lye 


57 2 


373: 


Shiang in Chihli—Research disclosed the ancient name 
of the glaze, of which the translation ts literal ) 


Yinc Cuinc Disu Sung 


Circular saucer with flat bottom and flaring sides on a low foot. 
Thin musical porcelain with incised conventional decoration under 
a “‘shadowy-blue” glaze that is mainly cream white. 

Diameter, 4 inches. 


Yin CHING GLOBULAR JAR Sung 


Ovoidal sides modeled in melon lobes, with short neck and equiva- 
lent foot. Coated with a “‘shadowy-blue” glaze which the Sung 
potters invented and in which they seem to have taken much 
pride. 


YIN CHING CouPE wiTH Woop STAND Sung 


Inverted pear shape with contracting lip and large mouth. 
‘“Shadowy-blue”’ glaze in which the color is almost entirely want- 
ing, a trace remaining around the lip in the midst of cream white. 
(Slight repair at lip.) 


Diameter, 3% inches. 


YIN CHING COUPE WITH STAND Sung 


Ovoidal with thin lip and large mouth; short foot. The sides 
modeled in petal form, with a ring of minute bosses circling the 
shoulder. ‘“Shadowy-blue” glaze, which ceases well above the 
foot, exposing the biscuit of the underbody which is modeled in 


a conventional lotus design. Diameicranninches 


YIN CHING JAR Sung 
Ovoid with bold foot, narrow sloping shoulder, short neck and 
wide mouth. On the shoulder four bosses. Coated with a thin 
‘“shadowy-blue” glaze, nearly a tinted cream glaze with crackle. 

Height, 5%4 inches. 


YIN CHING BOTTLE-SHAPED VASE Sung 


Ovoidal on short foot, with broadly tapering and short straight 
neck. ‘Two mask-and-ring handles in relief. Encircled by incised 
and molded rings, and on the taper of the neck with a down- 
pointing petal molding in relief. Cream glaze with crackle and 
traces of a greenish-blue tone. 

Height, 5% inches. 


121 


374: 


375: 


Shs: 


Sai: 


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YIN CuHInG Jar witn Woop Cover AND STAND Sung 


Octagonal, with ovoidal contour. Coated with a Yin Ching glaze 
of cream and pale greenish-blue tones, with crackle, the glaze 


ceasing well above the foot. 
Height, 5%4 inches. 


YIN CHING VASE Sung 
Short and squat globular-ovoidal body contracting to a deep and 
expanding bell shaped foot, and above to a full tubular neck with 
expanding lip. “Two animal-mask and ring handles in relief. 
Coated with a closely crackled thin glaze of “shadowy-blue,”’ 


with thin grayish earth incrustations on one side. 
Height, 8 inches. 


Pair YIN CHING JARS WITH ORIGINAL COVERS Sung 
Ovoidal with bold and spreading unglazed foot and steeply slop- 
ing shoulder. Coniform, witches’ or sugar-loafed-hat shaped coy- 
ers. Cream glaze minutely crackled, under a soft greenish-blue 
spray—apparently an accident of the kiln in a “shadowy-blue”’ 


experiment. 
Height, 7% inches. 


YIN CHING JAR WITH ORIGINAL COVER Sung 
Ovoid on short foot, with high narrow shoulder and short neck 
and wide mouth. Four looped shoulder handles (one missing). 
Circular cover (chipped). Pale cream glaze of Yin Ching char- 


acter. 
Height, 6% inches. 


Parr YIN CHING VASES Sung 
Ovoidal or pear shaped, somewhat flattened, and expanding over 
a spreading foot, with short incurvate neck with trumpet lip. 
Modeled in relief on the two broad sides, two peach shaped 
panels. Coated with a cream glaze of Yin Ching character and 


dull lustre. 
Height, 734 inches. 


(Illustrated ) 


I22 


123 


Pair YIN CHING Vases (Sung) 


INOws3 78. 


379. Parr Yin Cuinc GALiipors : ae Sung 


The sides molded in concentric relief rings from the foot to the 


high flat and narrow shoulder. Coated with a Yin Ching glaze 
of soft greenish-gray tone resembling a pale gray celadon. 


Height, 9 inches. 


124 


Pair YIN CHING VASES Sung 


Pear shape with deep and spreading foot, full neck expanding to 
an upright lip, and two open-scroll and ring handles in high re- 
lief. Lustrous cream glaze suggesting bluish-moonlight shadows. 


(Small nick in one lip.) 
Height, 10% inches. 


125 


Sy eie w 


Byaed: 


385. 


386. 


Parr YIN CHING BowLs Sung 
Ovoidal flaring from a low foot, with short expanding lip. In- 
definite lightly incised conventional primitive decoration, under 
a vague bluish-white glaze which on one bowl shows a longitu- 


dinal crackle. 
Diameter, 7% inches. 


Sung Ting Yao and Sung Pottery 


Parr Tinc Yao Bow ts Sung 
Ovoidal and flaring from a delicate foot and modeled in hexafoil 
form by indentions. Interior incised with gracefully scrolling 
floral designs. Soft cream glaze with dull lustre, having some 


yellowish earth incrustations. 
Diameter, 7% inches. 


PoTTERY PITCHER Sung 
Globular with expanding neck, short straight spout and loop han- 
dle extending from neck to shoulder. Cream glaze of soft lumi- 


nosity. 
Height, 4% inches. 


PoTTERY WINE EWER Sung 
Globular with short constricted neck and expanding cupped lip, 
curved spout and recurving loop handle; two small loops on the 
shoulder. Cream glaze with close crackle and trickling “tears” 


of bluish note. 
Height, 5% inches. 


PoTTERY EWER Sung 
Ovoid with short foot, the body molded by slight indentions into 
six melon lobes; expanding neck, curved spout and loop handle 
which is crudely fluted vertically. Rich cream glaze of soft 


lustre. 
Height, 6% inches. 


Pair Porrery BOTTLE-FORM VASES Sung 


Low ovoidal body on short foot, with long slender neck and ex- 
panding lip. Soft grass green glaze, iridescent in silvery tones, 
with yellowish earth incrustations. (Necks rejoined.) 


Height, 7% inches. 


126 


Potteries of the Wet and IP ies Dynasties 


387. Pair PoTTery Birp-sHAPED JARS WITH COVERS Wet 


388. 


Molded in the form of 
standing owls, with the 
heads detachable as 
covers, the short feet 
aided in furnishing 
stability by the tail. 
Painted in  vermilion, 
black and gray-white, 
and partly covered with 
grayish earth attach- 


ments. 
Height, 8 inches. 


Pottery Ewer T’ang 
Tall pear shape on deep 
spreading foot, the 
short neck expanding 
into a phoenix head, 
the circular lip above it 
slightly spreading; loop 
handle with scrolls. On 
each side of the body 
depressed panels of 
oval outline, adorned in 
relief,- the one with a 
galloping horseman 
armed with a bow, the 
other with a _ phoenix 
standing upon a vase of 
flowers, and both with 
fungus or other floral 
forms. The ground of 
the panels is glazed ina 
rich and dark greenish- 


blue, the relief ornamentation is in yellows, browns and burnt 


orange. Similar colors elsewhere. (Slight repair.) 


(Illustrated ) 


127 


Height, 13% inches. 


389. 


390. 


391. 


392. 


598: 


394- 


395: 


396. 


PoTTreRY JAR WITH ORIGINAL COVER AND STAND Wei 
Inverted pear shape with embryonic neck and rounded lip lightly 
expanding; poised upon a (detachable) capstan base with broad 
foot expansion; dome cover with pointed knob fintal. Painted 
in black and white with a deep and formal border covering the 
broad shoulder, and in red, black and white with a deep band of 


detached leaf forms. 
Height, 17% inches. 


Parr PoTrery THREE-COLOR VASES Ming 


Quadrilateral, the bodies with recurving oviform sides, on ped- 
estal-bases, the shoulders supporting beaker-shaped necks, with 
dragon-loop handles. Engraved ornamentation of flower and 
fungus branches. Decayed glazes of yellow, green and aubergine. 

Height, 8% inches. 


SET OF Four TERRA-COTTA FIGURES T’ ang 


Mortuary figures of warriors, found in a royal tomb of the T’ang 
dynasty. Vestiges of glaze, and yellowish earth attachments. 
Height, 7% inches. 


Note: These and the figures in the following fourteen lots were all excavated 
from a royal tomb of the T’ang, and are effigies of warriors, Court officers and 
ladies, and other attendants upon royalty. Nowadays it is a fashion to mount them 


as lamps. 


Two TERRA-COTTA STATUETTES T’ang 


ortuar ures oO warriors, rom a an omb. 
Moruserire f f T’ang tomb 
Height, 8 inches. 


Two TERRA-COTTA STATUETTES T’ ang 


Figures of ladies, taken from a T’ang tomb. 
Heights, 8 and 8% inches. 


Two TERRA-COTTA STATUETTES T’ang 


Figures of ladies, smiling; from a T’ang tomb. 3 
Heiaht, 834 inches. 


Two TERRA-cOTTA STATUETTES T’ang 
Figures of ladies, similar to the preceding. From a T’ang tomb. 
Height, 8 inches. 
Two TErRRA-COTTA STATUETTES T’ang 
Figures of ladies, similar to the preceding. From a T’ang tomb. 
Height, 8 inches. 


128 


329. 


400. 


401. 


402. 


403. 


404. 


405. 


Two TEerra-coTra STATUETTES T’ang 
Figures of Court officers. From a T’ang tomb. 

Height, 8 inches. 
Two Terra-coTta STATUETTES T’ang 
Figures of Court officers, similar to the preceding. From a 


‘T’ang tomb. 
Heights, 8 and 8% inches. 


Two TERRA-COTTA STATUETTES T’ang 


Figures of warriors; from a T’ang tomb. 
Heights, 834 and 9 inches. 


Two TERRA-COTTA STATUETTES T’ang 


Figures of warriors, similar to the preceding. From a T’ang 
tomb. 
Heights, 834 and 9 inches. 


Two TERRA-COTTA STATUETTES T’ang 
Figures of two handsome ladies of the Court, each holding a 
small jar. Cream and pale green glaze. From a T’ang tomb. 
Height, 10 inches. 
Two TERRA-COTTA STATUETTES T’ang 


Figures of ladies, similar to the preceding, with a slightly dif- 
ferent headdress. Cream and pale green glaze. From a [’ang 


tomb. 
Hegiht, 1034 inches. 


Two TERRA-COTTA STATUETTES T’ang 


Figures of attendants, one in a brilliant cream glaze. From a 
T’ang tomb. 


Height, 11% inches. 


Two TERRA-COTTA STATUETTES T’ang 


Figures of warriors, from a T’ang tomb. 
Heights, 1334 and 14% inches. 


THREE TERRA-COTTA STATUETTES T’ ang 


Figures of a lady and two warriors, from a T’ang tomb. 
Heights, 8, 9 and 14 inches. 


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